RHB

I don't suppose any of us is surprised. Where did you get the news? Nothing on SCCC website at present.

I am sure his father with his extensive contacts is more than capable of finding his son a job.

I think if we were to lose xxxx xxxxx, on top of Rory, that would seriously deplete our batting options

I can't see a fit xxxx xxxxx being available in 2015. I think he'll get engrossed in his new sporting love - and who would blame him?

I add my sadness to the pot re: the announcement, although it was of no surprise and been flagged up since the end of last season.

On his day RHB was an exciting and scintillating batsman with so much promise but the 2012 event and how such tragedies can
affect other people shows, once again, how fragile life can be. His bowling in 2009 was also beneficial towards winning the club's last
trophy. 

www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/jul/27/twenty20-cup-sussex-warwickshire

I am sure Rory's father will find him a job within his property empire. Given both the soaring property and rental prices, It must be
all hands to the pump in Mr Hamilton-Brown's company and an extra "famous" hand is greatly beneficial.

One presumes RHBs decision had already been made up back in October/November and why the Club had the additional money to bring
in Mills and Shahzad. The signing of Cachopa has neatly filled the void and he is probably a better batsman going forward. So, it is a
win-win for Sussex although a sad moment for supporters.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/31678947

Some of us certainly expected this announcement and I remember sitting with s&f and hhsussex last season and discussing RHB's poor form and fitness problems and we all agreed that he wouldn't be at Sussex in 2015.

But I would find it hard to believe that it was a done deal last Oct/Nov and that the club has sat on Rory's retirement for five or six months.

A more likely scenario is that there were serious doubts over his form, fitness and desire to carry on last autumn but that Sussex properly exercised its duty of care as an employer and said 'don't rush any decision, take the winter to think through your options, see how the surgery goes and how you feel mentally and let's come to a decision at the end of February'. Otherwise you end up with a Gareth Berg/Middx situation.

The sad truth is that Rory's career didn't end last June with the wrist injury or with some decision last Oct/Nov or with the announcement last week. His future as a cricketer died that tragic night in June 2012 with his friend and flat-mate Tom Maynard - and with retrospect it was a high-risk and misguided (but thorughly decent and entirely honourbale) decision to sign a player who was clearly still in trauma.

Signing two new fast bowlers , whom the squad desperately needed, was not  in my view linked in any way to the future of a top five batsman who bowled a few occasional non-turning off-breaks.