Susssec CC has announced its final 15-man squad for the Champions League Twenty20

The club announced on Monday that Matt Prior would not be travelling with the squad in order to rest for the busy international schedule ahead, but Luke Wright has been included in the touring party.

The Sussex faithful will be boosted by the news that Piyush Chawla and Yasir Arafat have both been named as well as hard hitting West Indian all-rounder Dwayne Smith, who was eligible to play for both Sussex and Deccan Chargers.

Sussex Sharks have been placed in Group B with New South Wales Blues (Australia) and Diamond Eagles (South Africa).

With the top two teams from each group qualifying for the next round, the Sharks will take on NSW Blues on Sunday 11th October at 10.30am (GMT) and the Diamond Eagles on Tuesday 13th October at 2.30pm (GMT). Both these matches will take place in Delhi, with NSW Blues taking on the Eagles on Friday 9th October at 10.30am.

Should Sussex qualify from Group B, they will then move to Hyderabad for games on Friday 16th October and Sunday 18th October, with the semi-finals taking place on Wednesday 21st October (Delhi) and Thursday 22nd October (Hyderabad). The final will be played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad on Friday 23rd October at 2.30pm (GMT).

The final 15-man squad is as follows:

Yasir Arafat

WAT Beer

BC Brown (wk)

PP Chawla

JS Gatting

RJ Hamilton-Brown

AJ Hodd (wk)

EC Joyce

CB Keegan

RJ Kirtley

RSC Martin-Jenkins

CD Nash

DR Smith

LJ Wright

MH Yardy (c)

Michael Yardy, Sussex CCC Captain, said: "We're all very excited about the trip to India. It's great for the Club to be one of the first two counties to represent England. I'm proud to be leading such a great squad, but our main priority at the moment is to concentrate on the end of the English domestic season, before attention turns to the Champions League Twenty20."