Ben Brown extends pink patch to stay Sussex combating in basement combat

Sussex 255 for six (Brown 150*, Cater 51) path Derbyshire 465 (Crocombe 4-92, Atkins 4-117) by means of 210 runs

Ben Brown scored any other century for Sussex to avoid wasting his aspect from general cave in towards Derbyshire within the LV= Insurance coverage County Championship.

It used to be his 2nd in as many suits, his fourth of the season and the twenty second of his occupation and it led Sussex to a rating of 255 for five on the finish of the second one day as he persisted his advantageous run of sort after being got rid of from the captaincy previous in the summertime. They nonetheless path Derbyshire by means of 210 runs on the 1st Central County Flooring.

Sussex, chasing 316 simply to keep away from the follow-on, were given off to the worst conceivable get started towards an outstanding Derbyshire assault when the usually adhesive Ali Orr used to be out first ball. Enjoying at a large supply he must have left by myself, with handiest two overs to be bowled ahead of lunch, he wafted at it and used to be stuck at the back of by means of Brooke Visitor.

Captain and famous person batter Tom Haines used to be 2nd out at 36, swinging at a legside supply from Dustin Melton to present Visitor any other catch. Danial Ibrahim made only one ahead of he edged the bold Ben Aitchson to Wayne Madsen at 2nd slip, and Aitchson struck once more in his subsequent over when he stuck Harrison Ward bang in entrance of stumps for a duck.

At that degree Sussex had been 46 for 4 and being outplayed by means of Derbyshire within the combat to keep away from the County Championship’s wood spoon. However Brown, watched by means of his oldsters, and fellow wicketkeeper Oliver Carter then placed on 142 for the 5th wicket in 40 overs. Carter scored his maiden firstclass fifty, even though he used to be out in a while afterwards, stuck at the square-leg boundary for 51, and Melton made it two wickets in 5 balls when he pushed aside the wretchedly out-of-form Delray Rawlins, stuck and bowled for a duck off a vanguard.

However Brown, who reached his hundred from 134 balls with 14 fours, went on to succeed in 150 now not out.

Derbyshire had resumed on 371 for five and so they misplaced their 6th wicket to the 3rd ball of the morning. Visitor had now not added to his 30 runs when he used to be lbw to the full of life Jamie Atkins.

There adopted a brisk 7th wicket partnership of 54 between Anuj Dal and Mattie McKiernan, who performed numerous good-looking strokes ahead of he used to be stuck at the back of to a supply from Sean Hunt that stunned him with its leap.

Aitchison, riding, used to be stuck by means of Brown in the beginning slip after which Melton used to be neatly taken by means of Ibrahim at deep backward square-leg. After all, Ed Moulton gave Brown his 2nd catch in the beginning slip after it used to be parried by means of 2nd slip. Each Atkins and Henry Crocombe completed with 4 wickets. The Derbyshire general of 465 incorporated 57 extras.

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