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Neither side was at full strength but Sussex would have felt aggrieved at the absence of two of their potential match winners. When the competition was re-launched the ECB pledged to make its international players available more regularly but even though the first Test is still six days away, neither Matt Prior or Chris Jordan were allowed to play.
Jordan's absence after a tough one-day series is just about pardonable but Prior could surely have benefitted from another game. The Championship fixture against Nottinghamshire this week was his first opportunity to keep wicket in a first-class fixture since last December and he was understandably rusty.
With Mike Yardy, whose left-arm darts make him Sussex's most effective bowler in T20, out for at least a month with a torn bicep Sussex had even fewer options
