Sussex will begin the 2026 County Championship season with a 12-point deduction after getting into an settlement with the England and Wales Cricket Board to sort out their monetary issues.
The county introduced on Monday that they’d entered right into a three-year framework with the nationwide governing physique for the game.
Sussex will begin their County Championship marketing campaign with the hefty deduction and also will lose some extent in every of the 2 limited-overs competitions after agreeing an association with the ECB which incorporates safeguards, controls and nearer oversight, which can stay in place till 2029.
Sussex, who completed fourth in Division One – the upper of the competitors’s two tiers – final summer season, suffered sustained working losses within the final monetary yr and have moved to guard their future whereas modifications are made.
Interim chief govt Mark West mentioned: “We totally perceive how disappointing this information might be for everybody linked with Sussex.
“Since taking up the interim position on the finish of final season, it has grow to be clear {that a} mixture of inner selections and wider financial pressures have contributed to the place the membership finds itself in in the present day.
“The factors deductions might be an surprising blow to the gamers and supporters, however we settle for the ECB’s choice.
“We are sorry – it hasn’t been good enough. Our responsibility now is to put things right and ensure the club is in a stronger position going forward.”
The membership might be topic to a wage cap and must present the ECB with a three-year marketing strategy “demonstrating sustainable year-on-year operating profits by 2027-28” amongst a collection of necessities which have to be met with a purpose to keep away from a suspended £100,000 effective.
Every staff has a 14-match schedule within the 2026 County Championship, with a win price 16 factors, and an additional eight bonus factors being accessible in every contest.
The one-point deductions for Sussex come within the Vitality Blast and Metro Financial institution One-Day Cup.
