Why Sydney Sixers’ run to Big Bash final offers hope to Sussex cricket fans

Any Sussex fans who followed this year’s Big Bash in Australia will have had their appetites whetted for the 2024 cricket season.
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They will have seen some sparkling performances in Sydney Sixers games from opener Dan Hughes, who is one of the overseas stars recruited by Hove bosses for the summer campaigns.

Hughes will be available from the start of Sussex’s T20 Vitality Blast campaign until the end of the season. He will play in the County Championship as well as the Blast.

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He played a pivotal role in a nail-biting final group game against Perth Scorchers as the Sixers ensured their place in the Big Bash qualifier with the final ball of the innings.