CRICKET:Former Ireland cricketer Ed Joyce will leave Middlesex to join Sussex next season as he looks to revive his international career with England.
The left-hander has been with Sussex since 1999 but last featured for England during the World Cup in the Caribbean in April 2007.
The Bray native has agreed to stay at Middlesex until the end of the Champions League in India in December.
"Ed has been nothing but professional and thorough and has communicated with me through the process," said Middlesex's chief executive Vinny Codrington today.
"We agreed with Ed back in September that he would be available for both Antigua and the Champions League whatever his decision as he was an integral part of our successful 2008 Twenty20 campaign.
"He leaves with our best wishes and hopefully can help bring home the Champions League title as a leaving present. We would like to wish Ed all the best in the future."
In his 17 one-day appearances for England, Joyce managed 471 runs that included a century against Australia in February 2007.
Prior to qualifying to play for England through residency, Joyce played for Ireland in the ICC Trophy and scored 758 runs in 14 matches between 2001 and 2005, at an average of 84.22.