Contemporary Fit File – Sussex vs WORCS 2022

Worcestershire 87 for 0 (Libby 42*, Pollock 36*) path Sussex 220 (Carson 58, Coles 54, Hudson-Prentice 51, Leach 4-37) by means of 133 runs

The Pears realistically want to win all 3 ultimate Department Two video games and put themselves in a robust place after brushing aside Sussex for 220, with Leach claiming 4 for 37.

After the groups seen a minute’s silence in reminiscence of Queen Elizabeth II, Leach settled right into a probing line to the 4 left-handers on the best of the Sussex innings, taking 3 for 16 in his seven-over new-ball spell to depart Sussex in tatters when they had received the toss.

Ali Orr performed directly to his Leach’s 5th ball and he pinned Tom Alsop lbw with the second one supply of his 2nd over, a fullish supply that swung again simply sufficient. A an identical duration accounted for Tom Clark in Leach’s fourth over because the batsman performed around the line.

Dillon Pennington struck along with his first ball when he extracted some additional jump and Oli Carter touched it tamely to the wicketkeeper. Tom Haines, getting back from a damaged hand, confronted 36 balls and batted for 63 mins for his two runs however the Sussex captain performed directly to Ben Gibbon’s 2nd ball.

However as is so steadily the case at Hove, batting will get more uncomplicated as soon as the brand new ball loses its hardness and Hudson-Prentice, Coles and Carson led the restoration.

Hudson-Prentice was once brought to 2nd slip by means of Jack Haynes on 36 however added 76 with Coles, counterattacking successfully till Pennington discovered simply sufficient seam motion to have him stuck at the back of for 51 (64 balls, 7 fours) simply after lunch.

Leach returned and reached his milestone courtesy of a sensible low catch by means of Hayes off Pakistan all-rounder Faheem Ashraf, who has joined Sussex for his or her ultimate 3 Championship suits of the season. His facet had been again in hassle at 106 for seven.

However Sussex’s ultimate 3 wickets greater than doubled the ranking, the fightback led by means of Coles and Carson, who was once taking part in his first fit of the season after getting better from knee surgical treatment.

Coles improved to his 2nd half-century of the season, made in a coloration below 3 hours. On the different finish Carson was once extra competitive as they added 87 in 18 overs. Coles had simply reached his 2nd half-century of the season when Pennington dropped brief, and he picked out Azhar Ali at the deep backward sq. boundary for 54 (132 balls, 9 fours).

After Henry Crocombe holed out to mid-off, Carson was once ultimate out for 58 (74 balls, 9 fours) when he was once run out by means of Libby’s direct hit coming again for a 2nd run.

Ashraf has been introduced in to reinforce a seam assault with out Ari Karvelas and Steve Finn, who’re out for the remainder of the season however each he and the remainder of the Sussex seamers struggled to wreck thru.

Pollock gave one probability on 34 however was once brought to slip by means of Tom Alsop off Haines to verify it was once Worcestershire’s day.