New Sussex bowler Tymal Mills has revealed that he will spend this winter "away from an ECB programme".

Since having spent the 2010-11 off-season in Sri Lanka with the England Under-19s, Mills has twice toured the sub-continent with the Lions.

However, this time around, the 22-year-old has insisted that he is just going to focus his efforts on making a positive impact at Hove.

"This winter will be my first winter away from an ECB programme. It might be what I need, just so I can get away from it all a bit. I've always been on the under-19s and I've done a couple of Lions tours and things like that so this winter I'm just going to concentrate on Sussex," he told the ECB's official website.

"This is my chance to focus my efforts on how I'm going to be successful for Sussex and not thinking about anything too high up."

Mills is expected to recover from a back injury in time to return to the nets in January.