Colin Ingram reveals class as Glamorgan overcome Sussex
Glamorgan 278 for six (Ingram 73, Byrom 69) beat Sussex 276 for 9 (Hudson-Prentice 66, Haines 59, Coles 59, Zain-ul-Hassan 4-25) by 4 wickets
The power and sophistication of Colin Ingram overcame a difficult pitch at Hove to offer Glamorgan their second win within the Metro Bank One Day Cup on the expense of Sussex.
Ingram, returning to the facet, hit 73 off 75 deliveries, with eight fours and an enormous six over mid-on, as Glamorgan chased down a modest goal to win with 21 balls remaining. But it might need been a special story if the highly effective left-hander had not been dropped by Harrison Ward at level off Sean Hunt when he had made simply three.
Glamorgan misplaced opener Tom Bevan within the second over, bowled by Fynn Hudson-Prentice for a duck. But then Ingram and Eddie Byrom (69) piled on 145 for the second wicket in 23 overs to place Glamorgan on prime.
Glamorgan continued to lose wickets – with cameos coming from captain Kiran Carlson and Ben Kellaway – towards a decent ring of Sussex fielders. But a sometimes cool-head innings by Sam Northeast, who made an unbeaten 40, noticed his facet house.
Both sides had gone into the match with one victory in 4 matches and wanted to win all their remaining fixtures to have any lifelike probability of progressing to the latter phases of the competitors.
Sussex determined to strengthen their batting by bringing in Ward for his first recreation within the competitors this season. Sussex had chosen to bat however their innings was a wierd affair, the most effective of it coming in a stand of 113 in 15 overs between James Coles (59 off 56) and Hudson-Prentice (66 off 54).
Ward and Tom Haines made a ponderous begin, with simply 14 runs coming off the primary 5 overs. But they accelerated with such function that they scored 50 off the primary ten-over powerplay and seemed set for a complete of effectively over 300.
They misplaced momentum when the unlucky Ward, who had struck a six and 5 fours in a 32-ball 35, was run out responding to Haines’ name for a fast single that actually did not exist, particularly because the ball went to such a positive fielder as Carlson.
After that, Sussex’s top-order batters struggled on a gradual pitch, which Glamorgan exploited by bowling 29 overs of spin, with Carlson and Kellaway spectacular, although the gradual left-armer Prem Sisodiya proved somewhat costly.
Durham had scored 427 on this observe earlier within the month. But yesterday, till Coles and Hudson-Prentice obtained collectively, and Glamorgan batted later within the day, scoring fast runs seemed tough, with the ball not coming onto the bat.
Tom Alsop, slicing at a supply that was too straight and full for the aim, fell cheaply, Haines was bowled by what gave the impression to be a slower supply from Zain-ul-Hassan and Tom Clark, taking part in too quickly, was caught off a vanguard. Cheteshwar Pujara, who averaged 89 on this competitors final 12 months, and already has two centuries within the present marketing campaign, usually scores steadily whereas others bat round him.
But now, needing to be extra aggressive, he stepped down the pitch and crashed the ball straight and was caught and bowled for 27. At 142 for 5 within the thirty second over the Sussex innings had reached its low level earlier than Coles, who struck 5 fours, and Hudson-Prentice, who hit three fours and two sixes, pulled the innings spherical. But it by no means seemed prone to be sufficient towards a robust Glamorgan batting facet.