Will Sheffield signs first contract

Left-arm seamer, Will Sheffield has signed his first professional contract with Sussex Cricket.

The 18-year becomes the tenth member of the men’s squad to have progressed from the club’s youth pathway programme, as well as the first graduate of the Aldridge Cricket Academy to join Sussex’s men’s playing staff.

Sussex Cricket works in partnership with the Aldridge Cricket Academy to allow male and female pupils at Brighton and Portslade Aldridge Community Academies to combine their academic studies with an intensive cricket development programme.  

Will is also the first contracted Sussex player to benefit from the support of the Matthew Hobden Trust.

For the full story and more details visit the SCCC website directly: https://sussexcricket.co.uk/news/pathway-graduate-will-sheffield-signs-first-contract