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To commemorate Graeme Hick’s magnificent achievement of scoring one hundred centuries for Worcestershire County Cricket Club, he will be presented with a canvas depicting key moments from various points throughout his career.

The presentation will be made at 5.15pm on Friday 30th June, prior to the start of the first Twenty20 match of the 2006 season to be played at New Road.

Graeme passed his impressive landmark last Thursday morning in front of a elated home crowd, as he sailed past 100 to go on to score 139 against Northamptonshire in the Liverpool Victoria County Championship.

No doubt he will be looking to put in another solid performance against the Steelbacks as they return to New Road in our opening home game of the 2006 Twenty20 campaign.

Jack Godfrey, the longest standing member of Worcestershire CCC, will present Graeme, the longest serving current player, with his award.

Jack has been a member at the County for almost 60 years. He joined the Club in 1947 and has enjoyed continuous membership ever since. He also managed to neatly combine business with pleasure for a large part of that period, as cricket writer for Worcester Evening News.

Replicas of the montage to be presented to Graeme will be available to buy from New Road 1 from Friday onwards.

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Surrey have named an unchanged line up to the eleven that comprehensively beat Middlesex last night at Lord’s.

Captain, Mark Butcher, who missed last night’s match, will be rested again in the hope that he’ll recover from a sore lower back that has been troubling him recently. It is hoped that the he will be available for Friday’s match with Sussex at Hove.

Expect a run fest from Surrey tonight after such a dominating display with the bat yesterday. With one of the most talented batting line ups in the country, Surrey racked up their second highest ever total of 218-7 against Middlesex last night and will be looking for more of the same this evening.

The Brown Caps have never been beaten by the Spitfires in this competition to date.

The Surrey squad is; James Benning, Ali Brown, Mark Ramprakash, Azhar Mahmood, Rikki Clarke (captain), Stewart Walters, Jonathan Batty (wicket-keeper), Tim Murtagh, Ian Salisbury, Nayan Doshi and Jade Dernbach.

The match begins this evening at 5.30pm with gates opening at 3.30pm. Tickets will be available from the ticket office for £15 for adults and £7.50 for Under 16’s.

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The Sussex Sharks travel to Chelmsford to play the Essex Eagles in their next Twenty20 match on Wednesday 28 June.

The Sussex Squad
MH Yardy, MJ Prior+, CJ Adams*, MW Goodwin, CD Hopkinson, SA Heather, LJ Wright, Y Arafat, OP Rayner, M Ahmed, RJ Kirtley, RSC Martin-Jenkins.

No injuries to report.

Last Meeting Between the Sides:
Hove (D/N) – 1st July 2005 – Sussex won by 10 Runs Sussex 99/5 (12 Overs; Prior 42, Ward 28, Ervine 2/28) Hants 89/6 (12 Overs; Ervine 46, Mushtaq 3/19) Reduced to 12 overs per side owing to rain before the start of play

History of the Fixture:
2003 13th June at The Rose Bowl Hampshire 153 beat Sussex 148/7 by 5 Runs
2004 9th July at Hove (Fl) Sussex 67 lost to Hampshire 69/7 by 3 Wkts
2005 24th June at The Rose Bowl Hampshire vs Sussex – Match Abandoned (Rain) 1st July at Hove (Fl) Sussex (99/5 off 12) beat Hampshire (89/6 off 12) by 10 Runs Overall Record – Sussex 1, Hampshire 2, Abandoned 1

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