Tony Pigott, Sussex Seamer and Former Chief Executive, Dies at 67

Tributes highlight his role in modernizing Sussex, laying groundwork for the club’s 2003 Championship win.

Overview

Pigott took a hat-trick with his first three balls on his first-class debut for Sussex against Surrey in 1978.
He earned a single England Test cap in Christchurch in 1984 after a short-notice call-up, postponing his wedding to play.
After 18 years at Sussex he joined Surrey in 1994, later moving into coaching as the county’s second-team coach at The Oval.
Returning to Hove in 1997, he led a board overhaul, oversaw the UK’s first cricket ground floodlights, and recruited Chris Adams as captain in 1998.
He finished with more than 1,000 wickets across first-class and List A cricket and later served the ECB as a pitch and then cricket liaison officer through 2018.