Luke Wright is feeling fit and refreshed for Twenty20 action – and not just because of some time off this week.

Wright sat out the Championship fixture at home to Glamorgan as he eyes a key period as skipper in the shortest format.

That turned out to be just two days off given his colleagues’ quick work with the pink ball.

Now it is back to the Vitality Blast and two derbies as Sussex go to Kent tonight and host Hampshire at Hove on Sunday.

Wright stepped down as captain in all formats midway through last season.

Ross Taylor led the Twenty20 team with Ben Brown taking charge in the Championship.

But Wright was happy to take over leadership of the T20 outfit when asked by new coach Jason Gillespie.

Sharks stated with three away wins under his command before the disappointing home setback against Surrey.

Having let captaincy get on top of him last summer, Wright has revealed he jumped at the chance to lead under Gillespie in T20 cricket.

Pivotal big innings in wins at Cardiff and the Ageas Bowl underline it has not affected his form.

Wright told The Argus: “I’ve loved it. Dizzy (Gillespie) has been awesome

“Everyone is really happy. He manages the players really well.

“The whole place is happy. Everyone wants to play well for him.

“We are getting results in all forms.

“We played some good cricket in the 50-overs comp although we didn’t get through.

“When Dizzy came in he pulled me to one side and asked whether I would want to do it.

“I said I would, 100%. It was quite a quick conversation.

“He was worried about Ben batting and keeping and captaining in the other two forms and it was an easy conversation. We spoke about some things that hadn’t happened last year.

“He’s a different coach. We’ve played some brilliant cricket.”

The latest high spot came with that five-session demolition of Glamorgan.

What had looked a hectic week suddenly offered them a bit of breathing space.

Sussex finished early on Monday and enjoyed a beer.

They had Tuesday off. Then on Wednesday, when they should have still been playing their Championship fixture – potentially until well into the evening – the T20 squad were able to report back in early afternoon and get stuck into a three-hour training session ahead of the Kent trip.

That in turn meant yesterday’s session could be a lighter one on the eve of the match.

Wright said: “That’s sometimes the hardest thing, going one from one format to the other.

“To get that win in two days gave players a chance to have a bit of a rest and get ready for Twenty20.

“There’s only so many of us who have played every game of the season across the formats.

It’s a huge month coming up.

“I’ve had a couple of little niggles, nothing major, and we are always managing them.

“I spoke to Diz about the huge month coming up and we decided I’d have a break (for the Glamorgan game).

“We had Tom Haines coming back from concussion and there was the opportunity to get him back in.”

Sussex have been joined on three Blast wins by Kent, Gloucestershire and Somerset but have a game in hand on all of them.

That leaves Sharks back in fourth place on run-rate but it is all very tight.

Wright said: “Every team in the division is strong so it’s all on the night.

“There is never a tap-in or an easy game.

“We have been to three tough places and won.

“Sadly we didn’t play as well back at Hove.

“But, had we caught Aaron Finch on one or 30, I still think we would have won the game.

“That’s what it can come down to sometimes.

“I would have taken three wins from the first four.”