Derbyshire 551/8 Dec & 127/7 Sussex 337
Derbyshire lead by 341 runs with 3 wickets remaining
Derbyshire’s surprising decision not to enforce the follow-on against Delray Rawlins and his Sussex teammates reduced their chances of winning – and gave Sussex an outside chance of pulling off an astonishing victory.
When Sussex was bowled out for 337 in this LV= Insurance County Championship match, it looked as though the visitors had the advantage, but Derbyshire decided to bat again and when they slumped to 54 for five, with Jack Brooks putting in a four-wicket burst, Sussex sensed the chance to pinch an outrageous win.
Rawlins against the spinners, he sensibly mixed aggression with patience. He was eventually dismissed for 37, off 57 balls, he hit 6 fours and 1 six.
Sussex will need to take the final 3 Derbyshire wickets early tomorrow to give them the best possible chance of taking victory at The 1st Central County Ground.
Sussex First Inning
..05 (12) AGH Orr b Conners ..17 (11) TJ Haines c Dal b Conners ..44 (86) TP Alsop c du Plooy b Reece 130 (227) Mohammad Rizwan LBW Dal ..56 (98) OJ Carter b Watt ..06 (20) DK Ibrahim b Watt ..37 (57) Delray Rawlins b Dal ..09 (30) AD Lenham Not Out ..21 (28) JA Brooks b Kerr ..00 (02) ST Finn c Conners b Kerr ..00 (01) SF Hunt LBW Kerr ..12 Extras (1b-3lb-8nb) 337 Total All Out after 94.4 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-6 (Orr), 2-27 (Haines), 3-122 (Alsop), 4-213 (Carter), 5-241 (Ibrahim), 6-299 (Rawlins), 7-310 (Rizwan), 8-337 (Brooks), 9-337 (Finn), 10-337 (Hunt)
Derbyshire Bowlers
17.-1-94-2 S Conners 18.4-2-63-3 H Kerr 19.-5-40-2 AK Dal 13.-1-57-1 LM Reece 21.-9-56-2 MRJ Watt 6.0-1-23-0 AT Thomson
Derbyshire Second Inning
..37 (34) S Masood b Brooks ..01 (02) BA Godleman c Alsop b Hunt ..08 (31) BD Guest LBW Brooks ..00 (01) WL Madsen c Carter b Brooks ..03 (07) JL du Plooy c Finn b Brooks ..42 (85) LM Reece Not Out ..12 (54) AK Dal c Carter b Hunt ..08 (18) H Kerr c Carter b Brooks ..05 (16) AT Thomson Not Out ..11 Extras (4b-3lb-4nb) 127 Total for 7 wickets after 41 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-4 (Godleman), 2-37 (Guest), 3-37 (Madsen), 4-47 (du Plooy), 5-54 (Masood), 6-102 (Dal), 7-118 (Kerr)
Sussex Bowlers
10.-0-46-5 JA Brooks 9.0-1-23-2 SF Hunt 6.0-1-20-0 AD Lenham 6.0-1-12-0 ST Finn 10.-3-19-0 Delray Rawlins
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