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Prior to our Twenty20 Floodlit Cup match on Tuesday 22 August, the Sussex Sharks play Glamorgan Dragons on Sunday 20 August at the County Ground, Hove in their last home NatWest Pro40 match. The game starts at 1.45pm with gates opening at 12.15pm. All Under 16s can gain FREE entrance to this match and there will be entertainment off the field as well as on. Following the success of our Family Seating Area we will be reinstating this area near the Players’ Pavilion.

The Sussex Squad
RR Montgomerie, CD Hopkinson, MH Yardy, MW Goodwin,*CJ Adams, RSC Martin-Jenkins, +MJ Prior, Yasir Arafat, Mushtaq Ahmed, RJ Kirtley, LJ Wright, CD Nash, OP Rayner, JD Lewry.

Sussex vs Glamorgan in One-Day Cricket
Overall, Sussex leads the series 30-11, with two No Results and one Tie (1988).
In matches in Sussex, the home side dominate the series, 16-4 with one No Result and one Tie.
This will be the 19th meeting of the teams at Hove; to date Sussex have 15 wins to Glamorgan’s three.

Interesting Facts about this fixture:
Prior to this season, the teams had not met in one-day cricket since the 2001 season, and won the C&G match between the teams at Cardiff in May.
In recent history, Sussex have won four of the last five meetings between the sides, and Sussex have batted first in seven of the last eight games.
The best sequences in this fixture have been a nine-game win-streak by Sussex (1979-84), and three consecutive wins by Glamorgan (1995-7).
All three of Glamorgan’s wins at Hove have been achieved batting first - in 1973 (scored 139 off 26 overs), 1996 (183 off 40) and 1998 (212/7 off 40).

Upcoming Landmarks:
Jason Lewry needs 1 Wicket for 100 Career One-Day Wickets.
Richard Montgomerie needs 70 Runs for 4000 One-Day Runs for Sussex.
Luke Wright needs 5 Wickets for 50 Career One-Day Wickets, and 7 more for 50 One-Day Wickets for Sussex.
Michael Yardy needs 1 Runs for 1500 Career One-Day Runs.