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Northants will start the 2024 season with a Championship clash against Sussex at Hove (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

South coast opener for Northants as they start 2024 season at Sussex

Matt Kelly celebrates taking the wicket of Essex's Adam Wheater

Sadler praise for departing 'diamond' Matt Kelly

Northants Steelbacks head coach John Sadler

Frustration for Sadler as Steelbacks are denied victory chance by the weather

Matt Kelly claimed four wickets for the Steelbacks at Trent Bridge

Steelbacks left frustrated as rain cuts short Outlaws clash

Notts Outlaws will have former Steelbacks batter Ben Duckett in their line-up

Steelbacks on a high as they head to Nottingham for Outlaws test

Brett Hutton

Home is where the heart is for Hutton as he returns to Nottinghamshire

David Ripley (picture: Kirsty Edmonds)

Ripley remaining upbeat after Steelbacks’ defeat at Trent Bridge

David Willey (picture: Kirsty Edmonds)

Willey to miss Trent Bridge trip as Northants face anxious wait

Northamptonshire head coach David Ripley

Duo get good time with the bat as County draw warm-up game

Graeme White could face his old club at the County Ground tonight

White in line to face former colleagues

Steelbacks head coach David Ripley cuts a dejected figure after his side's 31-run defeat to Worcestershire Rapids

Rapids victory puts Steelbacks on the edge of elimination
Northamptonshire Steelbacks require a favour from the Leicestershire Foxes if they are to have any chance of progressing to the quarter-finals of the Natwest t20 Blast.

Kyle Coetzer's side are on the verge of elmination from the Natwest t20 Blast

Coetzer has faith in Foxes doing him a favour

Maurice Chambers made an early breakthrough when he dismissed Adam Lyth for a duck

County get their noses in front in opening skirmishes

Matt Spriegel fell in the final over of the day as Northants struggled in their second innings

Fourth straight defeat staring Northants in the face

PLENTY OF PROBLEMS - Northants head coach David Ripley

VIEW FROM THE BLUES: Trent Bridge collapse simply not good enough

Captain Stephen Peters was a disappointed man after the County's collapse at Trent Bridge

Significant improvement is a must for Peters

Rob Newton was the fifth wicket to fall as Northants were bowled out for 151

Ripley points a finger at the County’s batting troubles

David Murphy (left) and Andrew Hall both fell in the first over after tea on the final afternoon

Dreadful Northants hammered at the Bridge

Steven Crook bowled eight expensive overs on the third day at Trent Bridge

Same story, different day for coach Ripley

Muhammad Azharullah made the breakthrough for the County when he dismissed Alex Hales

Hosts assume control as County drop their chances

Stephen Peters was in fine touch after Northants had been put into bat at Trent Bridge

Advantage lost as the batting again fails to produce

Kyle Coetzer has been dropped for the game against Nottinghamshire

Ripley admits to tough call on Coetzer

Maurice Chambers is in line to replace Olly Stone when play gets under way at Trent Bridge

Rain ruins day one at Trent Bridge

Stephen Peters (right) takes his Northamptonshire side to Trent Bridge today

County to embark on ‘brutal’ period of the season

David Sales will have a scan on a calf injury

Sales the latest concern for Northants

David Ripley's side have seven days of cricket over the next fortnight as the next season approaches

Nottinghamshire up first as County get back into their routine

Northants four-day captain Stephen Peters

County finalise their preparations for the season

Head coach David Ripley believes Graeme White will add some variety to the Northants bowling stocks

White back where it started as spinner’s berth is locked up
Graeme White has returned to the club where he started his professional career after signing a two-year contract with Northamptonshire.

Andrew Hall will replace the rested David Willey in tomorrow's YB40 clash with Holland

Hall back in the fold for Holland encounter

Steelbacks coach David Ripley

Ripley aware of Steelbacks’ shortcomings

Alex Wakely made 59 from number five for the Steelbacks

Steelbacks’ unbeaten run ended in crushing style

David Sales returns to the Steelbacks' squad for the trip to Trent Bridge

Crucial week for Steelbacks starts in Nottingham

Graeme White (left) has returned to Nottinghamshire after his loan spell with Northamptonshire was cut short

White loan spell is curtailed by Nottinghamshire