- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR39.2 just back of a length and pitching on middle stump, it angles away from the left-hander slightly and finds the outside edge, Dane Vilas taking a comfortable catch behind the stumps to end a solid knock from Haines and finish the partnership with van Zyl at 133 139/244.6 oh, not the loveliest delivery from Liam Livingstone, a long hop outside off, and van Zyl slashes stright to Luke Wells at backward point, he'll be disappointed to end a wonderful innings in that fashion 153/363.2 a big breakthrough for Lancashire just before tea, Clark is rapped on the pad by a nice delivery angling in from a fraction outside off and striking him in line with middle 197/484.4 Danny Lamb is rewarded after some economical bowling with a fuller ball, right on target, he beats Brown and strikes him on the pad 275/679.2 Parkinson over the wicket and he makes the breakthrough! Pitching on off-stump, Rawlins slaps it straight to Luke Wells at extra cover, ending an entertaining knock and he trudges off, possibly wondering what might have been 259/5100.6 drilled fiercely, straight back down the pitch, and Lamb thrusts out a hand and deflects it onto the stumps! Crocombe is stranded, no time at all to react, and Garton throws his head back in anguish, a missed four and a lost wicket! 328/9Extras16 (b 8, lb 3, nb 4, w 1)TOTAL328 all out (102.2 Overs, RR: 3.2)Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Aaron Thomason, 2.5 ov), 2-139 (Tom Haines, 39.2 ov), 3-153 (Stiaan van Zyl, 44.6 ov), 4-197 (Tom Clark, 63.2 ov), 5-259 (Delray Rawlins, 79.2 ov), 6-275 (Ben Brown, 84.4 ov), 7-292 (Stuart Meaker, 89.3 ov), 8-323 (Jack Carson, 98.4 ov), 9-328 (Henry Crocombe, 100.6 ov), 10-328 (George Garton, 102.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB TE Bailey 23 8 69 3 3.00 0 2 S Mahmood 22 5 73 1 3.31 0 0 DJ Lamb 23.2 8 59 3 2.52 0 0 MW Parkinson 9 0 53 1 5.88 1 0 LS Livingstone 25 5 63 1 2.52 0 0
29/04Result
Group 3, County Championship at Brighton, Apr 29-May 2 2021
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![Sussex]( "Sussex")
328 & 154 -
![Lancashire]( "Lancashire")
230 & 255/5 (68.2 ov)
29/04Result
Group 3, County Championship at Brighton, Apr 29-May 2 2021
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![Sussex]( "Sussex")
328 & 154 -
![Lancashire]( "Lancashire")
230 & 255/5 (68.2 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR62.6 Jamie Atkins, the 18-year-old on debut for Sussex snares the prized wicket of Lancashire captan Dane Vilas as his maiden first-class wicket, for a duck, no less! Pitching outside off, it rears up and into Vilas, who appears to press down and chop the ball into leg stump. 151/563.6 and Carson has his fourth wicket of the match! Livingstone prods to short leg, where Aaron Thomason takes the catch. Lancashire have lost six wickets for 59 runs. They were looking good at 137 for 1 but Sussex have fought back here. 152/696.3 Sussex are within one wicket of bowling Lancashire out with the visitors still some distance in arrears as Meaker claims his second wicket for the match with a good ball that pitches just outside off-stump and angles in, rapping Lamb on the back pad directly in line with middle and off 228/998.2 and Meaker finishes the job! A short ball, looks like it comes off Parkinson's glove and Ben Brown snaffles the catch behind the stumps 230/10Extras25 (b 11, lb 9, nb 2, w 3)TOTAL230 all out (98.2 Overs, RR: 2.33)Fall of wickets: 1-93 (Alex Davies, 37.3 ov), 2-137 (Keaton Jennings, 55.1 ov), 3-145 (Luke Wells, 58.4 ov), 4-150 (Steven Croft, 61.5 ov), 5-151 (Dane Vilas, 62.6 ov), 6-152 (Liam Livingstone, 63.6 ov), 7-205 (Josh Bohannon, 89.3 ov), 8-215 (Tom Bailey, 92.3 ov), 9-228 (Danny Lamb, 96.3 ov), 10-230 (Matt Parkinson, 98.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB HT Crocombe 16 1 40 1 2.50 0 0 JA Atkins 20 4 50 2 2.50 2 0 GHS Garton 11 1 33 0 3.00 0 0 SC Meaker 13.2 4 22 3 1.65 1 1 TJ Haines 3 0 3 0 1.00 0 0 JJ Carson 29 6 51 4 1.75 0 0 DMW Rawlins 6 0 11 0 1.83 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR10.4 Danny Lamb makes the breakthrough for Lancashire before lunch with a length ball just outside off-stump and Thomason edges to Luke Wells, moving fluidly to his right at first slip 28/111.2 and there's another! The in-form Haines, who scored a half-century in the first innings, leaves that one and it flicks the back pad on the way through, he's out LBW! Six wickets have fallen in this morning session. 28/213.1 make that seven wickets for the morning! A length ball and van Zyl edges to Liam Livingstone, who takes a low catch at second slip. There'll be no reprise of van Zyl's first innings now. 37/3Extras14 (b 5, lb 5, nb 4)TOTAL154 all out (46.1 Overs, RR: 3.33)Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Aaron Thomason, 10.4 ov), 2-28 (Tom Haines, 11.2 ov), 3-37 (Stiaan van Zyl, 13.1 ov), 4-38 (Tom Clark, 15.4 ov), 5-52 (Ben Brown, 18.6 ov), 6-87 (George Garton, 29.1 ov), 7-106 (Stuart Meaker, 34.4 ov), 8-139 (Jack Carson, 41.3 ov), 9-148 (Delray Rawlins, 43.5 ov), 10-154 (Henry Crocombe, 46.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB TE Bailey 10 5 28 3 2.80 0 2 S Mahmood 10 2 29 1 2.90 0 0 DJ Lamb 13 2 39 2 3.00 0 0 LS Livingstone 10.1 1 34 2 3.34 0 0 MW Parkinson 3 0 14 2 4.66 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras7 (lb 4, nb 2, w 1)TOTAL255/5 (68.2 Overs, RR: 3.73)Fall of wickets: 1-102 (Alex Davies, 20.3 ov), 2-123 (Luke Wells, 29.4 ov), 3-147 (Saqib Mahmood, 39.5 ov), 4-153 (Liam Livingstone, 41.3 ov), 5-224 (Josh Bohannon, 58.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB HT Crocombe 10 0 59 1 5.90 0 0 JA Atkins 11 1 41 0 3.72 1 0 SC Meaker 16.2 1 62 1 3.79 0 1 GHS Garton 4 0 29 0 7.25 0 0 JJ Carson 24 5 45 3 1.87 0 0 DMW Rawlins 3 0 15 0 5.00 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sussex , elected to bat first
Season
Match days
29,30 April, 1, 2 May 2021 (4-day match)
First-class debut
Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Lancashire 20, Sussex 6
Close of Play
- Thu, 29 Apr - day 1 - Sussex 1st innings 318/7 (GHS Garton 30*, JJ Carson 13*, 96 ov)
- Fri, 30 Apr - day 2 - Lancashire 1st innings 193/6 (JJ Bohannon 26*, DJ Lamb 18*, 87 ov)
- Sat, 1 May - day 3 - Lancashire 2nd innings 124/2 (KK Jennings 35*, S Mahmood 1*, 30 ov)
- Sun, 2 May - day 4 - Lancashire 2nd innings 255/5 (68.2 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Batting and Bowling points: Lancashire 4, Sussex 6
Match Coverage
All Match NewsKeaton Jennings eases Lancashire over the line at Sussex
Former England opener's 91* finishes five-wicket win after Alex Davies sets run-chase off apace
Alex Davies salvo sets up Lancashire chase after Sussex squander sizeable lead
Lancashire halfway to fourth-innings target after clawing back 98-run deficit
Jack Carson turns contest in Sussex's favour against Lancashire
Visitors begin reply brightly at Hove but lose six wickets and still trail by 135 as spinner snares four
Stiaan van Zyl, Tom Haines fifties prevent Sussex fortunes from clouding over
Regular wickets keep Lancashire in the hunt on close-fought opening day
County Championship
| Division 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| NOTTS | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 68 |
| LANCS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 57 |
| WARKS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 56 |
| HANTS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 53 |
| YORKS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 40 |
| SOM | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| Division 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| ESSEX | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 77 |
| GLOUC | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 64 |
| DURH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| NHNTS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 38 |
| SUR | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 27 |
| GLAM | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 |
| Division 3 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| KENT | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
| MIDDX | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 67 |
| WORCS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 49 |
| LEICS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 43 |
| DERBS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 42 |
| SUSS | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| Group 1 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| NOTTS | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 151 |
| WARKS | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 145 |
| DURH | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 132 |
| ESSEX | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 129 |
| WORCS | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 109 |
| DERBS | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 72 |
| Group 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| SOM | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 148 |
| HANTS | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 145 |
| GLOUC | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 131 |
| SUR | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 123 |
| LEICS | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 111 |
| MIDDX | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 84 |
| Group 3 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| LANCS | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 150 |
| YORKS | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 149 |
| GLAM | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 127 |
| NHNTS | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 123 |
| KENT | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 97 |
| SUSS | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 94 |