Sussex name squad for MCC

Chris Adams will lead Sussex against MCC © Getty Images

LV County Champions Sussex have announced a 13-man squad for the domestic season curtain-raiser against MCC at Lord’s which starts at 11am on Thursday.

The MCC squad for the four-day game was named last month. Sussex begin their championship defence against Hampshire next week.

Captain Chris Adams will lead a side that is expected to include fellow England internationals Matt Prior, Luke Wright and Michael Yardy.

Sussex professional cricket manager Mark Robinson said: “It’s a great honour to be playing at Lord’s in what I am sure will be four great days of cricket.

“We are really excited about the forthcoming season and feel that this is the ideal warm up ahead of our first game of the season at the Rose Bowl in a week’s time where we will begin our title defence.”

MCC squad: Ed Joyce (captain, Middlesex), Ravi Bopara (Essex), Michael Carberry (Hampshire), James Foster (Essex), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Arun Harinath (Loughborough UCCE & Surrey), Steven Kirby (Gloucestershire), Graham Onions (Durham), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Owais Shah (Middlesex), Charlie Shreck (Nottinghamshire), James Tredwell (Kent).

Sussex squad: Chris Adams (captain), Rageb Aga, Will Beer, Ryan Harris (subject to ECB approval), Andrew Hodd, Carl Hopkinson, Jason Lewry, Chris Liddle, Robin Martin–Jenkins, Chris Nash, Matt Prior, Luke Wright, Michael Yardy.