Matt Parkinson places seal on good-looking win as Durham all however safe promotion
Durham 505 for 9 dec (Clark 128, de Leede 103, Lees 103, Robinson 67, Borthwick 56) and 57 for 3 beat Sussex 266 and 295 (Carter 80) by seven wickets
Durham are on the verge of promotion to LV= Insurance County Championship Division One after defeating Sussex by seven wickets of their conflict at Seat Unique Riverside.
The residence facet required just one wicket to wrap up the Sussex second innings after lowering the guests to 263 for 9 on day three. Fynn Hudson-Prentice and Henry Crocombe defied the Durham seamers for 45 minutes earlier than Matt Parkinson secured the ultimate strike to complete with figures of 4 for 80, and eight for 138 within the match.
Durham misplaced three wickets of their chase of 57 as Jack Carson discovered prove of the fourth-day pitch, ending with figures of three for 15. But, Alex Lees and Ollie Robinson guided their group over the road to safe most factors from the competition.
Durham want solely 5 factors to safe promotion of their subsequent outing, though if Leicestershire fail to beat Sussex subsequent week, the North-East outfit will safe their spot in Division One.
Resuming day 4 with a slender lead of 24, Sussex wanted a particular effort from their last-wicket pair to place the stress again on the house facet. Hudson-Prentice and Crocombe pissed off Ben Raine and Matthew Potts with the brand new ball, warding off their makes an attempt to wrap up the Sussex innings.
Raine nearly prised out Crocombe, however his exterior edge flew by the vacant hole between slip and gully. Scott Borthwick turned to Parkinson and he acquired the breakthrough in his second over, ending the stand for 45 as Hudson-Prentice superior down the wicket and failed to attach along with his drive, permitting Robinson to whip off the bails
After bowling out Sussex for 295, the hosts required solely 57 runs to safe their sixth win of the season. Carson brought about a light stir within the ranks as bowled Michael Jones earlier than eradicating Scott Borthwick and David Bedingham within the house of three deliveries. But, the hosts closed out the victory as Ollie Robinson slammed a drive to the fence, taking Durham to the brink of promotion.