Luke Wright is set to shun the riches of the IPL to focus on helping Sussex end their six-year wait for silverware.

Wright missed the start of the domestic season in 2013 and 2012 due to playing for Pune Warriors in the lucrative tournament.

The all-rounder was not picked up in the auction last season but was still ruled out of Sussex’s opening three County Championship games due to a side injury suffered while playing for England in the West Indies.

Wright also missed the opening three weeks of the 2011 campaign after aggravating a knee injury at the World Cup and a month at the start of the 2010 season to help England win the World Twenty20.

The 29-year-old has decided not to put his name forward for the IPL next year and, as he is not currently part of the England one-day set-up, he should, injury permitting, be available to kick-off the season with Sussex for the first time since 2009.

Wright said: “The IPL is a great experience for a player and obviously the money is good but I am going to give it a miss next year. It may be something I look at again in the future but with it being my benefit year I want to be around for the whole season.

“I’m honoured to have been awarded a benefit and I don’t think it would have been right if I’d missed the start of the year by going to the IPL. I also want to play a full season if possible and help Sussex try to win things.

“We weren’t too far off in the Championship last year and I’d like to think we can challenge next season while we know we must improve in white ball cricket and so I want to be fully focused on that too.

“It will be the first time I’ve been able to have a full season and go to Dubai with the guys for ages (2008) and I’m really looking forward to it. It makes a difference having all that preparation and although I have managed it okay in recent years I have been playing catch up a bit.”

Wright is due to play alongside Kevin Pietersen for the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash again this winter while also featuring for Auckland Aces in “six or seven” Twenty20 matches.

He is due to return to England in February to finish his level three coaching certificate and begin pre-season training at Hove as he looks to follow up what was his best ever season with the bat.

Wright scored 933 runs in 12 Championship matches last summer and hopes completing a full season will help him to break the 1,000-barrier for the first time in his career.

“I didn’t miss out by many and if I’d played all 16 games I’d like to think I would have got around 1,200 or 1,300 runs,” said Wright. “A top five batsman who plays all the games should get a minimum of 1,000 runs so hopefully I can achieve that next season.

“Obviously I was delighted with my form on a personal level last season but the frustrating thing was that it didn’t help us to win trophies or to reach finals in the limited overs tournaments.

“I want to be scoring runs to help us be successful and it would be perfect if I could carry on from where I left off last season and help us win some silverware in my benefit season.”

The only fly in the ointment would be if Wright’s performances in the Big Bash earned him a recall to the England side but the former Leicestershire player, who has not featured for his country since March, admits that is unlikely.

He added: “I think if I had any chance of going to the World Cup I would have been in the squad for the tour of Sri Lanka so it’s not something I’m thinking about. If I score a hundred in the Big Bash I won’t be picking up the papers or checking the internet to see if I get a call-up.”