The provisional 2003 season fixtures for Sussex are:

APRIL - 18-20: Cardiff UCCE (home) fr; 23-26: Middlesex (away) CC; 30-3: Kent (home) CC.

MAY - 4: Hampshire (away) NCL; 5: Northamptonshire (home) NCL; 7: Hampshire (away) C&G; 9-12: Warwickshire (away) CC; 15-18: Zimbabwe (home) Tour; 21-24: Nottinghamshire (home) CC; 25: Nottinghamshire (home) NCL; 28: C&G Trophy 4th rd; 30-2: Surrey (away) CC.

JUNE - 4-7: Kent (away) CC; 8: Middlesex (away) NCL; 10 or 11: C&G quarter-finals or Pakistan (home) Tour; 13: Hampshire (away) 20-20; 15: Northamptonshire (away) NCL; 16: Surrey (away) 20-20; 20: South Africa (home) Tour; 21: Essex (home) 20-20; 24: Kent (home) 20-20; 27-30: Warwickshire (home) CC.

JULY - 6: Somerset (away) NCL; 9-12: Essex (home) CC; 13: Derbyshire (home) NCL; 15-18: Leicestershire (away) CC: 19: 20-20 Final (Lord's); 19-21: South Africa v India A (home); 22: Durham (away) NCL; 25-28: Nottinghamshire (away) CC; 30-2: Surrey (home) CC.

AUGUST - 3: Scotland (home) NCL; 5: Hampshire (home) NCL; 7 or 9: C&G Trophy semi-finals; 10: Derbyshire (away) NCL; 13: Lancashire (home) NCL; 14-17: Lancashire (home) NCL; 20-23: Essex (away) CC; 24 or 25: Nottinghamshire (away) NCL; 26: Durham (away) NCL; 28: Scotland (away) NCL; 30: C&G final (Lord's).

SEPTEMBER - 3: Middlesex (home) NCL; 4-7: Middlesex (home) CC; 10-13: Lancashire (away) CC; 14: Lancashire (away) NCL; 17-20: Leicestershire (home) CC; 21: Somerset (home) NCL.

Key: CC - County Championship; NCL: National Cricket League: 20-20: 20-20 League.