Anyon on way out of Edgbaston.

Byline: Brian Halford

JIMMY Anyon's departure from Warwickshire was today confirmed as Sussex announced he has joined themon a two-year deal.

Anyon was told by Bears director of cricket Ashley Giles in August to find another county, even though the 26-year-old seamer had another year left on his contract at Edgbaston.

With Chris Woakes, Naqaash Tahir, Boyd Rankin and Andy Miller committed to the club for at least two years and Neil Carter and Rikki Clarke around, Warwickshire's seambowling department is well-stocked.

Giles decided Anyon was unlikely to force his way back up the pecking order so was keen for the former Lancashire trainee to fix himself up elsewhere.

Anyon, along with former England spinner Monty Panesar, who arrived from Northamptonshire last week, will be part of major restructuring of a Sussex bowling attack whose impotence last season saw them relegated to Division Two of the Championship.

If he stays injury-free, Anyon is capable of serving Sussex well as he did the Bears, when fitness permitted, since arriving in 2004.

He played just five first-team games in 2009 (two Championship, two Twenty20s, one Friends Provident Trophy) for overall figures of 53.2-7-275-3 before ending the season with a fruitless loan spell at Surrey.