| LV= County Championship Division Two, 1st Central County Floor, Hove (day three) |
| Sussex 202 & 505-7 dec: Coles 128; Shaw 4-82 |
| Gloucestershire 195 & 113-5: Van Buuren 46*; Hunt 3-19 |
| Gloucestershire (3 pts) want 400 extra runs to beat Sussex (3 pts) |
| Match scorecard |
Sussex have third place in Division Two of the County Championship of their sights after decreasing Gloucestershire to 113-5 of their unlikely pursuit of a goal of 513 with a day to go at Hove.
James Coles made his third century of the season in Sussex’s 505-7 declared earlier than they made inroads into the Gloucestershire high order, taking 5 wickets earlier than unhealthy gentle intervened with 14 overs not bowled.
It seems to be as if Gloucestershire will finish the season with no win whereas Sussex may climb above Leicestershire, if the Foxes lose to champions Durham after following on.
Left-armer Sean Hunt struck twice with the brand new ball both aspect of tea when Chris Dent performed round a straight one and Tom Clark snaffled an excellent one-handed catch at second slip off Ben Charlesworth’s slash.
Brad Currie had James Bracey held low down at fourth slip earlier than giving option to Fynn Hudson-Prentice, who struck in his first over when Miles Hammond edged a ball which moved off the seam and Ollie Carter dived in entrance of first slip to take the sting. Ollie Value and Graeme van Buuren rebuilt with a stand of 57 however Hunt returned, switched ends and had Value (22) lbw shouldering arms.
Earlier, Sussex had compiled their largest whole of the season, earlier than declaring with a lead of 512 and leaving themselves greater than 4 periods to bowl Gloucestershire out.
Coles handed 1,000 first-class runs in his profession in making 128 – the third hundred of a breakout season for the 19-year-old. 4 of his team-mates made half-centuries which meant 5 Sussex batters had handed fifty in the identical innings for the second time this season, whereas Carter scored 49.
It was arduous to consider 16 wickets had fallen on the primary day on the identical pitch on the 1st Central County Floor as Gloucestershire’s assault struggled to make headway, though the persevering Josh Shaw completed with 4-82 from 23 overs and was simply the choose of their assault.
Armed with the brand new ball Shaw broke by way of when he had Tom Alsop, who had been dropped on 53, beautifully caught at brief mid-wicket by Zaman Akhter for 79 after the Sussex captain had added 155 for the fourth wicket with Coles.
Coles was dropped by Akhter at lengthy leg on 94 however in any other case appeared fully safe and, after reaching his century, he led the acceleration after lunch, including 79 with Carter and 62 in simply seven overs with Hudson-Prentice.
Coles ultimately mistimed a drive to mid-on, having confronted 158 balls and hit 10 fours and three sixes, to present Shaw his fourth wicket.
Gloucestershire’s struggling was removed from over although. Hudson-Prentice, awarded his county cap on Tuesday, smashed 71 off simply 35 balls with 5 sixes together with 20 off an over from off-spinner Value earlier than the declaration got here.
It was his ninth fifty of the season and ensured he completed as Sussex’s main scorer with 879 runs, 30 greater than Coles.
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