Outgoing Sussex head coach Paul Farbrace is “so proud” of the workforce after ending third within the County Championship regardless of a season of monetary turmoil.
The membership had been handed a 12-point deduction earlier than the 2026 Championship marketing campaign following losses of £1.3m in 2025.
They went on to win seven of their 14 Championship matches, drawing 4 and shedding solely three video games. They amassed 207 factors, sufficient for second place, however the deduction left them on 195 factors, 10 factors behind Somerset.
“I am simply so happy with them,” Farbrace instructed BBC Radio Sussex. “I could not be extra happy with a gaggle of individuals.
“We have been by some actually robust occasions as a membership, and we’re nonetheless going by that from a monetary perspective.
“The gamers have been completely excellent. I am blessed I’ve bought some incredible workers – medical workforce, help workers, coaches like Grant Flower, James Kirtley, Ash Wright, Danny Briggs.
“The factor that’s distinctive about this group of gamers is that they play for each other, they fight for each other they usually’re very proud of each other’s success.”
Former Sri Lanka head coach and England assistant coach Farbrace, 59, took over at Hove in 2022 and led the membership back into Division One in 2024.
He’s stepping down as head coach to get replaced by former Kent coach Matthew Walker for 2027, and can change into Sussex’s new director of cricket on a part-time foundation.
“That is the final time I will coach a workforce. However what a approach to end. 4 years in the past we had been in Division Two, and on the backside,” he added.
“Ian Salisbury [former head coach], James Kirtley and others had no alternative however to place younger gamers in. Lots of these gamers have learnt the sport taking part in first-team cricket.
“Henry Crocombe sums it up, actually. He is learnt to play the sport and he wasn’t right here this week as a result of he is within the England squad.
“That is good. That is what a membership like Sussex must be all about. James Coles, getting his England call-up.
“Ollie Robinson, being made captain, being rejuvenated and off taking part in for England again. There’s so many good tales round this workforce.”
