| LV= County Championship Division Two, 1st Central County Floor, Hove (day two) |
| Sussex 202 & 256-3: Clark 72, Orr 67, Coles 51* |
| Gloucestershire 195: Hammond 48; Carson 3-19 |
| Sussex (3 pts) lead Gloucestershire (3 pts) by 263 runs |
| Match scorecard |
A second-wicket stand of 120 between Ali Orr and Tom Clark put Sussex in management of their Division Two match in opposition to winless Gloucestershire.
Their partnership fashioned the muse stone of a Sussex second innings rating of 256-5, inserting them 263 runs forward of Gloucestershire with two days remaining.
Orr made a quiet return to the aspect at Derby final week, scoring 10 and 12. However right here he scored a formidable 67, whereas Clark, who was Sussex’s greatest batsman in Derby, with 71 runs, maintained his kind with a high quality 72, although he can be upset to not have gone on to make his first century of the season.
Sussex went in to bat a second time 50 minutes earlier than lunch, with a slender first innings lead of seven runs. Tom Haines – yet one more Sussex left-hander who wish to transfer on from 2023 – fell for 4, caught within the gulley as he tried to run the ball down to 3rd man, a tender dismissal. At lunch Sussex have been 29-1, with Orr on 14, from 41 deliveries, and Clark on 5, off 18.
However after the interval Orr hoisted Zafar Gohar over extensive mid-on for six to boost the Sussex fifty.
Within the subsequent over he struck Ollie Worth for a straight six after which minimize him for 4 earlier than pulling a brief one from Zafar over mid-wicket for one more 4 to succeed in his half-century.
He hit Josh Shaw for one more six over mid-wicket earlier than he performed on to the identical bowler. There have been seven fours and 4 sixes in his knock.
There have been no sixes for Clark, however 11 fours in his measured innings and he scored virtually as fluently as Orr, although he grew to become becalmed after the lack of his accomplice and was then bowled by one which got here in from Matt Taylor, who as soon as once more bowled impressively after his starring function on the opening day.
Tom Alsop dropped anchor for a strong and unbeaten 46 however on the different finish James Coles, after a quiet begin, outdid each Orr and Clark when it comes to strike charge, thumping Zafar for 14 in three balls and reaching his fifty off 39 balls earlier than the gamers got here off for dangerous mild with 15 overs remaining.
Within the morning, Gloucestershire had batted for one more hour, successfully reworking the match right into a one-innings affair.
Resuming on 136-6, nonetheless 66 runs behind, they initially struggled with the heaving clouds and dangerous mild. They’d added only one when, within the second over of the day, Zafar edged Brad Currie to Clark at second slip. And within the following over Clark was once more the catcher as Ed Middleton edged Sean Hunt.
However then, in an echo of the Sussex first innings, there was a late order revival. Taylor and Shaw added 54 for the ninth wicket in 10 overs earlier than the belated introduction of off-spinner Jack Carson, who wrapped up the innings with two wickets in as many overs.
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