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Sussex 375 & 29/1 Nottinghamshire 534/9 Declared
Sussex trail by 130 runs with 9 wickets remaining
Day 3 of the opening County Championship match against Nottinghamshire proved to be a difficult one for Delray Rawlins and his Sussex teammates as the visitors gained momentum going into the final day’s play.
Notts captain Steven Mullaney, who was well supported by his lower order, turned the match against Sussex on its head on the third day at The 1st Central County Ground.
Mullaney, who had come to the wicket with Notts 52 for four in reply to Sussex’s 375, scored a career-best 192 and figured in stands of 96 with Tom Moores, 69 with Liam Patterson-White and 144 with Joey Evison, whose unbeaten 109 was also a career highest.
By scoring their runs at four an over Notts put pressure on a young Sussex side and when they eventually declared at 534 for nine, a lead of 159 after adding 320 in the day. Sussex were 29 for one at the close after losing skipper Tom Haines, caught at midwicket for 14.
After a difficult start to this game Notts finally showed why many have touted them to win promotion from the second division of the LV= Insurance County Championship, as they managed to turn what was arguable two days that belonged to Sussex, to their own advantage.
Steven Finn was the pick of the Sussex bowlers, on what proved to be a tough day in the field. The former England test bowler finished the day having taken 3 wickets from his 28 overs at an economy of 3.00. Rawlins finished with figures of 30-0-113-2.
Nottinghamshire 1st Inning
..01 (05) Ben Slater b Henry Crocombe
..05 (14) Haseeb Hameed c Oli Carter b Steven Finn
..31 (46) Ben Duckett c Tom Alsop b Jamie Atkins
..06 (16) Joe Clarke c Oli Carter b Steven Finn
..63 (139) Lyndon James c Oli Carter b Steven Finn
192 (279) Steven Mullaney c Crocombe b Atkins
..43 (93) Tom Moores c Alsop b Rawlins
..44 (45) LA Patterson-White LBW Clark
109 (182) JDM Evison Not Out
..18 (36) BA Hutton c Lenham b Rawlins
..03 (03) LJ Fletcher Not Out
..19 Extras (12lb-3w-4B)
534 Total for 9 wickets after 143 overs.
Fall of Wickets: 1-1 (Slater), 2-19 (Hameed), 3-39 (Clarke), 4-52 (Duckett), 5-160 (James), 6-256 (Moores), 7-325 (Patterson-White), 8-469 (Mullaney), 9-528 (Hutton)
Sussex Bowlers
28.-0-84-3 Steven Finn
26.-4-102-1 Henry Crocombe
14.-1-42-0 Tom Haines
24.-3-109-2 James Atkins
30.-0-113-2 Delray Rawlins
6.0-0-33-0 Archie Lenham
15.-4-35-1 Tom Clarke
Sussex 1st Inning
..14 (44) Ali Orr c Steven Mullaney Not Out
..14 (30) Tom Haines c Liam Patterson-White James
..01 (16) Tom Alsop Not Out
..00 Extras
..29 Total for 1 wicket after 15 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-19 (Haines)
1.0-0-04-0 Luke Fletcher
5.0-1-11- Brett Hutton
6.0-3-13-1 Lyndon James
34.-6-69-3 Liam Patterson-White
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