GLOUCESTERSHIRE head coach Richard Dawson has kept faith with the team which drew with Nottinghamshire at the Brightside Ground for today’s Championship match against Sussex at Hove.

Liam Norwell is fit again and makes the squad, but his potential inclusion would mean only a maximum of one change to the side. Phil Mustard will continue as captain, with Gareth Roderick keeping wicket in one of nine day-night Championship matches. It’s also possible that both Will Tavare and Craig Miles could play their 50th first class match.

Squad: Dent, Bancroft, Tavare, Roderick (wk), van Buuren, Mustard (c), J Taylor, Noema-Barnett, Miles, Payne, Liddle, Norwell.

The experiment of floodlit four day cricket – the only other game was in 2011 – means a 2pm start and a pink ball, so there’s been a lot for head coach Richard Dawson to contend with in preparation for facing a side who have won their last two Championship matches.

“We’ve practised over the last week with the pink ball, which isn’t like a conventional red one and the bowlers have said it doesn’t really swing or shine up as much,” said Dawson.

“It means the lads out in the middle are going to have to make some calls if the shine has gone and we want to keep asking questions of the batsmen. I can offer guidance from what I see but the leaders in the team have to take responsibility and problem solve pretty sharply.

“The final day against Nottinghamshire wasn’t easy and we scrapped hard for the draw but this will be a different challenge,” said Dawson. “They have Chris Nash at the top of the order, Luke Wells has some made some big scores recently, Luke Wright is still there too and even without Steve Magoffin they have a good bowling unit.”

With a busy schedule to start at Cheltenham College on July 3, Dawson confirmed that loanee Josh Shaw would play some second XI cricket this week, also against Sussex, to retain some sharpness ahead of the Festival.