Jaydev Unadkat takes six as Sussex revive promotion problem
Sussex 262 (Hudson-Prentice 65, Salisbury 5-73) and 344 for 9 dec (Coles 63, Scriven 4-55) beat Leicestershire 108 (Patel 48, Karvelas 4-14) and 483 (Ackermann 136, Amin 94, Scriven 78, Cox 58, Unadkat 6-94) by 15 runs
Indian left-armer Jaydev Unadkat took six wickets on his residence debut as Sussex revived their promotion problem by sporting down Leicestershire’s spirited resistance to assert solely their second win of the season within the LV= Insurance County Championship.
Undakat defied the discomfort of a sore ankle to take an impressive 6 for 94 from 32.4 overs together with the final 4 wickets in 31 balls as they bowled out the Foxes for 483 at Hove to squeeze residence by 15 runs.
Sussex go to Derbyshire subsequent week earlier than ending the season at residence to Gloucestershire however second-placed Worcestershire, who presently have a 18-point benefit over Sussex, are nonetheless favourites for the opposite promotion place. They play Durham at New Road subsequent week earlier than ending at Headingley.
Leicestershire, for whom Colin Ackermann made 136, Umar Amin 94 and Tom Scriven 78, aren’t utterly out of the working to affix Durham in Division One subsequent season however have a tricky run-in, going through Yorkshire at residence earlier than ending at Durham.
After Ackermann and Amin placed on 180 for the fourth wicket, Scriven and Ben Cox added 130 for the seventh to take Leicestershire to inside 46 runs of victory when Undakat produced an impressed spell down the slope.
He discovered some bounce and seam motion on a benign floor to defeat each established batters. Having made his career-best, Scriven was drawn half-forward and edged behind and Cox taken at head peak at slip by Tom Alsop earlier than Scott Currie nibbled at a full-length supply to bag a second-ball duck.
That left Chris Wright, who joins Sussex subsequent season, and final man Matt Salisbury needing 43 and Salisbury batting with a runner due to a hamstring harm. Wright had famously guided Leicestershire to a goal of 389 towards Yorkshire earlier within the season and when he slapped Fynn Hudson-Prentice for 2 sixes to assist get the goal all the way down to 16 Sussex nerves have been jangling once more, just for Unadkat to provide an excellent leg-stump yorker that was too good for Wright.
Leicestershire had the comfort of constructing the very best fourth-innings whole of their historical past and there have been loads of durations throughout a fluctuating day after they regarded favourites.
Ackermann and Amin added 67 runs within the first hour with few alarms however with the brand new ball an over away, off-spinner Jack Carson eliminated each batters within the area of 4 deliveries. Ackermann, who’d hit 21 fours, was bowled making room to chop and Amin performed for flip which wasn’t there and was struck on the again pad six in need of his hundred, having hit 17 boundaries.
Rehman Ahmed threatened to take advantage of being dropped at quick leg by Alsop with a single to his title, transferring shortly to 29. Sussex had delayed taking the brand new ball for ten overs however in his third over with it Unadkat persuaded Ahmed to drive at a ball properly exterior off stump and Carter took a great catch diving to his proper.
However, with the pitch exhibiting little signal of decay Scriven and Cox settled in, noticed off the specter of the brand new ball and after lunch started to tick off the runs with few alarms.
Umpires Ben Debenham and Paul Baldwin needed to converse to each Carson and captain Cheteshwar Pujara as Sussex’s frustrations threatened to boil over, earlier than Undakat modified the temper utterly and the hosts might rejoice profitable a couple of recreation in a Championship season for the primary time since 2019.