Essex Eagles defeated Delray Rawlins and his Sussex Sharks teammates by 28 runs to qualify for the next stage of the T20 Blast at The 1st Central County Ground.
Essex Captain Simon Harmer conceded just 18 runs from his four overs and also picked up the wickets of danger man Ali Orr, Tom Alsop and George Garton.
Essex were 68 without loss in the seventh over they must have fancied their chances of scoring even more after being invited to bat.
But Sussex battled their way back into the match by taking three wickets in the space of ten deliveries. Rawlins bowled Robin Das, Michael Pepper, reverse sweeping, was brilliantly caught by Ali Orr, diving to his right at backward point, and Dan Lawrence was bowled by Ravi Bopara’s second ball.
Essex eventually scored 197/8, Rashid Khan was once again the best Sussex bowler with three wickets for 30 runs while Bopara (2-30) and Rawlins (2-34) also bowled well.
In reply Sussex scored 169/8, and Rawlins scored 2 runs off 4 balls.
Essex Inning
..95 (50) AM Rossington st Philippe b Delray Rawlins ..15 (13) RJ Das b Delray Rawlins ..00 (02) MS Pepper c Orr b Rashid Khan ..01 (02) DW Lawrence b Bopara ..05 (07) PI Walter b Bopara ..54 (30) T Westley c Carter b Crocombe ..13 (11) DR Sams c Delray Rawlins b Rashid Khan ..00 (01) SR Harmer b Rashid Khan ..04 (03) AP Beard Not Out ..01 (01) BMJ Allison Not Out ..09 Extras (1lb-8w) 197 Total for 8 wickets after 20 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-68 (Das), 2-69 (Pepper), 3-76 (Lawrence), 4-94 (Walter), 5-124 (Rossington), 6-170 (Sams), 7-170 (Harmer), 8-194 (Westley)
Sussex Bowlers
4.0-0-34-2 Delray Rawlins 3.0-0-33-0 ST Finn 2.0-0-30-0 GHS Garton 2.0-0-23-1 HT Crocombe 4.0-0-30-3 Rashid Khan 4.0-0-30-2 RS Bopara 1.0-0-16-0 AD Lenham
Sussex Inning
..17 (13) JR Philippe c Rossington b Allison ..41 (21) AGH Orr c Pepper b Harmer ..31 (22) HD Ward c Walter b Sams ..47 (27) RS Bopara c Allison b Sams ..04 (07) TP Alsop b Harmer ..02 (04) Delray Rawlins c Harmer b Sams ..07 (07) GHS Garton b Harmer ..11 (13) Rashid Khan LBW Cook ..01 (04) AD Lenham Not Out ..02 (01) HT Crocombe Not Out ..06 Extras (2lb-4w) 169 Total for 8 wickets after 20 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-55 (Philippe), 2-82 (Orr), 3-114 (Ward), 4-131 (Alsop), 5-138 (Rawlins), 6-149 (Garton), 7-165 (Bopara), 8-167 (Khan)
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