Sussex revive promotion problem and deal Leicestershire’s a blow after dominating at Hove
Sussex 262 and 234 for five (Clark 69, Coles 43*) lead Leicestershire 108 (Patel 48, Karvelas 4-14) by 388 runs
Sussex revived their very own promotion problem and dealt Leicestershire’s a blow after dominating day two at Hove. Their seamers exploited a green-tinged pitch on the 1st Central County Ground to take eight wickets for simply 40 runs within the morning session as Leicestershire have been bundled out for 108 and conceded a first-innings deficit of 154.
By taking simply three bonus factors, in addition they ensured that runaway leaders Durham will definitely be promoted from Division Two of the LV= Insurance County Championship subsequent season with two video games to spare.
To be a part of them Sussex most likely must win their three remaining matches, a tall order for a facet with only one win all season – admittedly in opposition to Durham again in April. But their batters made certain their benefit wasn’t squandered.
Tom Clark scored to this point with 69 to assist his facet attain 234 for five at stumps, a lead of 388 with James Coles undefeated on 43.
If Leicestershire do miss out on promotion they are going to mirror ruefully on a depressing collapse together with a spell after they misplaced 4 wickets in 29 balls for simply 5 runs after resuming on 68 for two.
First to go was Colin Ackermann, overwhelmed by Indian left-armer Jaydev Unadkat’s late inswing. Undakat then moved one the opposite method to discover Umar Amin’s edge and he was expertly backed up on the different finish by Ari Karvelas, who completed with a season’s greatest 4 for 14 from 12 overs.
Rehan Ahmed was athletically caught behind by the tumbling Ollie Carter poking outdoors off stump and Ben Cox shouldered arms in Karvelas’s subsequent over.
There was a restoration of types by opener Rishi Patel and Tom Scriven who survived 9 overs earlier than one other collapse noticed the final 4 wickets fall for 16 in 6.1 overs.
Fynn Hudson-Prentice was rewarded for his exemplary wicket-to-wicket line as Scriven edged behind and Chris Wright misplaced his center stump to an inswinger two balls later.
Patel, who had watched six wickets fall on the different finish on his method to 48, determined, with solely the tail for firm, to assault Karvelas however a mis-timed drive was beautifully caught by Cheteshwar Pujara, operating again from mid-on and hanging on to the ball at full stretch. Unadkat completed issues off when Matt Salisbury slogged him excessive to mid-wicket.
Tom Haines and Clark launched Sussex’s second innings with a stand of 49 however having achieved the onerous work in opposition to the brand new ball Haines (34) frustratingly spliced a pull off Wright, who’s becoming a member of Sussex subsequent season, to mid-wicket.
Ahmed was quickly into an extended spell down the slope and he picked up wickets both facet of tea. Tom Alsop (31) unluckily performed again however the ball rolled down onto his stumps whereas Clark, who batted for 3 hours for his 67 which included ten fours, was leg earlier than to 1 that may have been sliding down the leg facet.
Leicestershire saved plugging away and Scriven took two wickets within the final hour. Cheteshwar Pujara under-edged a ball that was too shut for him to chop, and wicketkeeper Cox pulled off an impressive leg-side stumping to take away Carter, but it surely was a uncommon spotlight on a sobering day for the Foxes.