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Sussex should have Yasir Arafat available when they bid to return to the top of the Pro40 League tomorrow.
The Pakistan pace bowler is missing from the Championship game against Nottinghamshire which finishes today after he was hit on the right index finger during net practice at Durham last week.
The Sharks take on Gloucestershire Gladiators for the fourth time in one-day cricket this season at Horsham (1.45pm) having won both games in defence of their Pro40 title.
A third win would take them above Durham Dynamos, who gained top spot on Thursday when they hammered Worcestershire Royals by 145 runs.
Skipper Mike Yardy is happy with the start of Sussex’s title defence but insists they can still improve.
He said: “We have played some good cricket in all the one-day competitions this season but we are always looking at ways of getting even better.
“In our two Pro40 games so far we have not quite been at our best but still found ways of winning. That is what a successful side does but there is definitely room for improvement.”
Sussex (probable): Joyce, Nash, Wright, Goodwin, Yardy, Smith, Hamilton-Brown, Arafat, Hodd, Martin-Jenkins, Kirtley.
The Pakistan pace bowler is missing from the Championship game against Nottinghamshire which finishes today after he was hit on the right index finger during net practice at Durham last week.
The Sharks take on Gloucestershire Gladiators for the fourth time in one-day cricket this season at Horsham (1.45pm) having won both games in defence of their Pro40 title.
A third win would take them above Durham Dynamos, who gained top spot on Thursday when they hammered Worcestershire Royals by 145 runs.
Skipper Mike Yardy is happy with the start of Sussex’s title defence but insists they can still improve.
He said: “We have played some good cricket in all the one-day competitions this season but we are always looking at ways of getting even better.
“In our two Pro40 games so far we have not quite been at our best but still found ways of winning. That is what a successful side does but there is definitely room for improvement.”
Sussex (probable): Joyce, Nash, Wright, Goodwin, Yardy, Smith, Hamilton-Brown, Arafat, Hodd, Martin-Jenkins, Kirtley.
