| Vitality County Championship Division Two, 1st Central County Floor, Hove (day 4) |
| Northamptonshire 371: Procter 92; Seales 4-86 & 170-9: Keogh 55, Procter 41; Coles 3-36 |
| Sussex 478-9 dec: Haines 133, Coles 78, Hudson-Prentice 73, Carson 61; Zaib 4-84 |
| Sussex (15 pts) draw with Northants (13 pts) |
| Match scorecard |
Dangerous mild and decided resistance by Lewis McManus pissed off Sussex’s bid to drag off an unlikely victory over Northamptonshire on a gripping remaining day at Hove.
McManus batted for an hour as 4 companions got here and went and Northants lurched to 170-9.
However, with Northants forward by 63, umpires Paul Baldwin and Surendiran Shanmugam determined it was too gloomy even for spin – and palms had been shaken on a draw,
The lack of greater than 100 overs within the match ultimately proved decisive however Sussex may have drawn a number of encouragement after making a lot of the operating, particularly on the final two days.
Having established a first-innings lead of 107 earlier than declaring on 478-9, they lowered Northants to 57-4.
Skipper Luke Procter (41) settled Northants nerves earlier than left-arm spinner James Coles revived Sussex hopes with three of the 4 wickets that fell in 7.1 overs after tea that left the guests on 152-8.
McManus and Ben Sanderson resisted for eight overs till the sunshine improved sufficiently to allow Sussex skipper John Simpson to deliver again his quicks Jayden Seales and Ollie Robinson for 2 overs every.
England paceman Robinson responded with an unplayable yorker to uproot Sanderson’s center stump – a becoming approach to rejoice his four-hundredth first-class wicket. However, though spinners Jack Carson and Coles returned, the sunshine didn’t enhance and the competition ended simply after 18:00 BST.
Robinson completed with 2-19 from his 10 overs in three spells and bowled at tempo all through.
After a quiet tour of India with England, when he performed in just one Take a look at, he may have been happy to get by means of 32 overs in what was solely his second first-class match since final July.
Sussex coach Paul Farbrace:
“Ollie [Robinson] bowled exceptionally nicely. His vitality by means of the crease and the carry he received to the keeper was prime class.
“With every spell he bowled he received higher. The one approach to get rhythm is to bowl overs and the extra he bowled the higher he appeared.
“All of the gamers have taken their laborious work from the winter into the primary sport towards a workforce in Division One final season and actually tried to power the problem.
“It exhibits how assured we’re as a workforce and the way assured they’re individually.”
Northamptonshire coach John Sadler:
“It was a troublesome day and a troublesome watch, a nerve-wracker. We received away with one however we have come out with 13 factors and we crack on.
“Luke Procter led from the entrance. His powers of focus are distinctive. He was excellent, so large credit score to him. In the end, his innings helped us save the sport.
“Lewis McManus is a diamond – he has labored laborious within the winter and everybody in our dressing room is so happy for him.
“He appeared very calm and composed and did a terrific job on the finish there.”
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