Packed crowd and Sid the Shark at Horsham for YB40 game
Sid the Shark completed circuit of the crowd before the game as both teams warmed up under the blistering sunshine.
Kent won the toss and skipper James Tredwell elected to bowl.
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Sussex: Nash*, Wright, Wells, Hamilton-Brown, Yardy, Gatting, Brown+, Jordan, Rippon, Anyon, Liddle.
Kent: Northeast, Key, Nash, Stevens, Harmison, Jones+, Ball, Tredwell*, Coles, Davies, Riley
Umpires are SA Garratt and RT Robinson.