BEN GARDNERR

For Sussex, at the start of this year, simply not ending the season in crisis would have marked a form of progress. The 2022 campaign saw the county finish second-last in Division Two, with one win in 14 games, and issues building up off the field. Head coach Ian Salisbury left the club having spent much of the year on gardening leave following a breakdown in the relationship between him and young off-spinner Jack Carson. Sussex used an astonishing 29 players in the County Championship, with an extreme youth policy leaving them without an established core. Ten of the 29 ...