LV= Insurance County Championship - Division 3
Sussex 359 & 128 Leicestershire 492/4 dec
Leicestershire won by an innings and 5 runs
Delray Rawlins and his Sussex teammates would fall by an inning and 5 runs on the Final Day of their LV= Insurance County Championship fixture against Leicestershire at the Uptonsteel County Ground.
Resuming on 291/2, Leicestershire would add 201 runs to their total before declaring with a lead of 133 runs, Hassan Azad was the top scorer with 152, while Lewis Hill added 145, Henry Crocombe was the pick of the Sussex bowlers with figures of 21-3-70-2, Rawlins bowled 13-0-75-0.
Looking to bat the day out Sussex started fast with 57 runs off the first 9 overs, but when top scorer Ali Orr went for 34, only three other batsmen including Rawlins made it into double figures, Rawlins scored 21 off 29 balls before being caught behind, he hit 4 fours. Callum Parkinson was the pick of the Leicestershire bowlers with figures of 14.2-6-18-4.
Leicestershire 1st Inning
152 (260) Hassan Azad c sub (Foreman) b Crocombe
..00 (01) Sam Evans c Rawlins b Hunt
..37 (78) George Rhodes b Haines
145 (16) Lewis Hill c sub (Foreman) b Crocombe
..59 (52) Louis Kimber Not Out
..69 (64) Harry Swindells Not Out
..30 Extras (9b-1lb-20nb)
492 Total for 4 wickets after 102 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-5 (Evans), 2-108 (Rhodes), 3-356 (Hill), 4-362 (Azad)
Sussex bowlers
21.-0-127-1 Sean Hunt
21.-3-70-2 Henry Crocombe
23.-0-90-0 Jack Carson
9.0-0-64-0 Joe Sarro
9.0-2-21-1 Tom Haines
13.-0-75-0 Delray Rawlins
6.0-0-35-0 Tom Hinley
Sussex 2nd Inning
..34 (35) Ali Orr c Harry Swindells b Callum Parkinson
..31 (59) Tom Haines LBW Ed Barnes
..12 (21) Ben Brown c Abidine Sakande b Ben Mike
..09 (77) Oli Carter c Sam Evans b Ben Mike
..21 (29) Delray Rawlins c Harry Swindells b Ben Mike
..01 (13) Tom Hinley b Callum Parkinson
..02 (08) Jack Carson LBW Callum Parkinson
..00 (01) Henry Crocombe LBW Ben Mike
..01 (15) Sean Hunt Not Out
..01 (1) Joe Sarro c Harry Swindells b Callum Parkinson
..16 Extras (5b-5lb-6nb)
128 Total All Out after 45.2 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-57 (Orr), 2-77 (Brown), 3-83 (Haines), 4-117 (Rawlins), 5-120 (Hinley), 6-122 (Carter), 7-122 (Crocombe), 8-122 (Carson), 9-128 (Sarro)
Leicestershire Bowlers
8.0-0-48-0 Abidine Sakande
14.-4-34-4 Ben Mike
9.0-3-18-1 Ed Barnes
14.2-6-18-4 Callum Parkinson
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