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1. In their County Championship match against Middlesex in September 2003, what Pakistani leg spin bowler took 10 wickets to turn a likely defeat, into an improbable 7 wicket victory?
2. Born at Queenstown in South Africa, which Sussex player and England captain, was sacked in 1977 when it was suggested, he was recruiting players for Kerry Packer's 'circus'?
3. What Sussex player was capped for England, and was born in India, and scored 173 on his test debut at Lords against the Australians in 1930?
4. This overseas player opened the batting for Sussex in the 1970s and 1980s. He was Sri Lankan and scored over 20,000 First Class runs in his career. Who was this player, who after leaving Sussex went on to play for Lancashire until 1993?
5. Which Australian born player, only played for three seasons with Sussex but in his final season in 2000, he scored 166 and 174 in a match against Notts at Hove?
6. Which Sussex player was born at Milan in Italy, and was a key player in their side that won the Gillette Cup twice in the 1960s?
7. What player who was born at Kowloon in Hong Kong, was only at Sussex for a few seasons before moving on to Warwickshire, and finally Somerset (He was then regularly heard commentating on the Channel 4 Test Match programme)?
8. Captain of Sussex, when they last came close to winning the County Championship in 1981, what player was actually born in Bonn in Germany?
9. Born at Sarodar in India, he played for Sussex over a period of 20 years and was captain for 5 of them. He represented his adopted country England, for 15 years yet never played first class cricket in India. Who was he?
10. Born in Salisbury (now Harare) in Zimbabwe, what Sussex player scored an unbeaten 335 to help Sussex get the necessary points to land the County Championship for the first time?
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