Sussex rock-bottom as Derbyshire seal first win of season

Wickets shared round prior to Critchley seals brief chase

Derbyshire 465 and 23 for 1 beat Sussex 300 and 187 by means of 9 wickets

Derbyshire condemned Sussex to the wood spoon within the LV= Insurance coverage County Championship by means of claiming their first win of the season at Hove.

After imposing the follow-on with a lead of 165, Derbyshire bowled Sussex out for 187 to win by means of 9 wickets with greater than an afternoon to spare. Sussex completed final of the 18 counties for the primary time in 21 years.

After being disregarded for 300 within the first innings, Sussex’s hopes of turning the sport round disappeared in a 3 over spell after lunch after they misplaced 3 key wickets for 8 runs, together with skipper Tom Haines and Ben Brown, who made a third-ball duck after scoring 157 within the first innings.

Haines and Ali Orr had placed on 42 with out alarm however Orr nibbled fatally at the second one ball after lunch from Ed Moulton, who then bowled Brown when he unluckily dragged a large lengthy hop onto his heart stump later within the over. Haines, who was once awarded his county cap at tea, took his mixture for the season to 1176 and can end as the rustic’s main run-scorer, however on 26 he was once run out by means of Matt Critchley’s throw from mid-wicket after being despatched again by means of Harrison Ward.

Ward was once overwhelmed by means of leg-spinner Critchley’s sooner ball and when Dustin Melton returned for a 2d spell to win lbw verdicts in opposition to Ibrahim and Oli Carter, Sussex nonetheless wanted 49 runs to make Derbyshire bat once more. Delray Rawlins counter-attacked with 58 off 46 balls, together with 9 fours and two sixes, as he made his best rating of the season prior to he was once final out as Wayne Madsen and Anuj Dal wrapped up the tail.

It left Derbyshire desiring 23 to win and Matt Critchley, who was once promoted up the order, hit the successful runs to succeed in 1,000 for the season.

Previous, Derbyshire had enforced the keep on with on for the primary time since 2016. Brown added seven to his in a single day 150 prior to edging Ben Aitchison to 2d slip. His five-hour innings of 190 balls contained 19 fours.

Brown added 87 with Jack Carson for the 7th wicket and Carson completed 64 no longer out with ten fours. Sussex’s final 3 batsmen all fell for nought, even supposing Sean Hunt hung round lengthy sufficient to position on 25 with Carson to earn Sussex a 3rd batting bonus level.

It was once the best rating in a first class fit when the innings contained six geese, the former report was once the 295 made by means of Canterbury in 1922-23 on MCC’s excursion of New Zealand.