[2][3][4] Many matches have been played at the ground over the years by Sussex, often as part of the Arundel Festival, an annual event held in August.

Gloucestershire won the match by 2 wickets, helped by a five-wicket haul from Mike Procter.

The match ended in a draw, with West Indians Sherwin Campbell, Brian Lara and Shivnarine Chanderpaul all scoring centuries, as well as Zimbabwe and Sussex cricketer Murray Goodwin.

[21] In September 2003, Zoological Society of London released 1,000 crickets – specifically Gryllus campestris, the endangered British field cricket – into the wild at the Arundel Castle ground and another undisclosed location in West Sussex.

[22] In 2012, The Sunday Telegraph included Arundel Castle in their list of "Britain's best 5 cricket grounds", calling it a "great stop on a family day out in the Sussex countryside.