Sussex won't be replacing Peter Moores with a new director of cricket.

Instead, Mark Robinson will take over responsibility for the first team in a new role of Pro Cricket Manager when Moores leaves at the end of the season to head up the England Academy at Loughborough.

Keith Greenfield will continue as the county's Academy Director but he will take on some of the jobs currently undertaken by Moores.

Unlike Moores, Robinson will not have a contract. He will start his new role on October 1 and his job as second team coach will be advertised.

Chairman David Green said: "It's evolutionary not revolutionary. Peter was our first director of cricket and the appointment was made to suit the staff we had at the time and has worked well.

"We don't have an obvious director of cricket within the staff at the moment but we didn't want to waste Peter's legacy and with Mark's appointment I don't think we will.

"He is highly respected by the players and he's learnt a lot from Peter. We want the good work done by Peter to continue and I'm confident Mark will do that."

Chris Adams expressed interest in replacing Moores earlier this year but Green says the skipper has decided to carry on playing. He will almost certainly remain as captain until his current contract expires at the end of next season and Green is hopeful that he will finish his career at Hove.

He added: "Chris believes he has two or three more years left in him and we would definitely encourage him to keep playing. We will probably sit down and talk about extending his contract at the end of this season."Robinson, who played for the county for six years, has made a rapid rise through the coaching ranks after retiring from playing in 2002.

He took over as second team coach the following season and has impressed all at Hove with his enthusiasm and methods.

Most importantly, he is highly regarded by the players and is widely respected throughout the game.

He said: "I suppose when Peter went for the West Indies job last year I thought there was a possibility that I might have a new role. Now it's been confirmed I am delighted.

"Peter and I stand for a lot of the same values but we are different too. It's important that I carry on the good work he has done but I will want to do things my way too. I am my own man."

Meanwhile. Sussex's injury problems show no sign of easing ahead of tomorrow's Championship match against Gloucestershire at Cheltenham College (11am).

Luke Wright is the latest casualty with a pinched nerve in his side and he is rated 50-50.

Ian and Jason Lewry are still out but Tim Ambrose (shoulder) should be fit and Mark Davis may get his first Championship game since April at a ground which traditionally favours spinners.

The county have managed to secure Rana Naved's release from the one-day series between Asia and Africa next week so he will be available for the remainder of the season. Sussex (probable): Hopkinson, Montgomerie, Yardy, Goodwin, Adams, Prior, Martin-Jenkins, Davis, Rana Naved, Mushtaq Ahmed, Kirtley.

Tim Ambrose and Sean Heather shared a superb unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 175 to lead Sussex into the final of Second XI Trophy with victory over Warwickshire. The pair came together with Sussex on 36-3 chasing a target of 211 at Knowle and Dorridge Cricket Club. But Warwickshire had no answer to their onslaught as Sussex eased home by seven wickets with the fit-again Ambrose firing 89 and Heather 86. Ambrose smacked nine fours in his 133-ball innings and Heather faced 102 deliveries hitting nine fours and a six.