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Legend Two gamers anticipated to affix Nottinghamshire and the finish of a five-match unbeaten breeze win all added up to a depressing few days within the north-east
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22-Sep-2017
File picture – Keaton Jennings is in request but cannot gain a breeze • Getty Pictures
Sussex 346 (Wells 122, van Zyl 92, Rushworth 4-64, Jennings 3-37) and 302 (Salt 72, Wells 58) beat Durham 385 (Latham 77, Steel 73, Clark 73*, Robinson 4-69) and 131 (Garton 3-20, Whittingham 3-26, Jordan 3-50) by 132 runs
Sussex wrapped their seventh Specsavers County Championship win of the season when they beat Durham by 132 runs at Chester-le-Side freeway.
It executed a unfavorable week for Durham who win misplaced Paul Coughlin to Nottinghamshire with the likelihood that Keaton Jennings will head the same approach assuming their promotion is confirmed.
5 defeats had impress Sussex a likelihood of promotion so that they fielded a younger aspect for this match and there were three wickets every this present day for 20-yr-broken-down George Garton and Stuart Whittingham.
Jordan also deservedly picked up three, his two early ones coming as Durham crumbled to 61 for 7 earlier than James Weighell achieve bat to ball in contributing 38 to a stand of fifty with Brydon Carse.
Whittingham took two in three balls after lunch when he swung one by means of left-hander Weighell’s airy pressure to take hang of out the center stump, then Chris Rushworth played on.
That introduced in Onions and he and Carse survived for 20 balls earlier than the rain arrived.
Durham were all out for 131, ending their seven-match unbeaten breeze, after resuming on five with out loss in pursuit of 264 on a gorgeous morning.
They received by means of the day’s first eight overs with out mishap. Nonetheless Tom Latham’s exit for four with the general on 19 sparked a dispirited procession. With Ollie Robinson restricted by a sore aspect to bowling his off breaks, Whittingham spread out and had Latham lbw when propping forward.
Jennings’ misery persevered when he played inspire to a ball from Jordan which went moderately powerful straight on to hit the tip of off stump.
When Garton replaced Whittingham his fourth ball became as soon as slanted all the design in which by means of Cameron Steel, who edged it to Michael Burgess.
Then Jordan won an lbw verdict with what became as soon as doubtlessly no longer his easiest exclaim and his victim, Graham Clark, clearly conception it had nipped inspire some distance adequate to be missing leg.
Paul Collingwood looked as if it would be Durham’s closing hope, but he committed suicide when he called for a 2nd breeze to third man, and despite his despairing dive he would maybe well not beat Garton’s throw.
Any other ball slanted all the design in which by means of an genuine-hander had Michael Richardson caught at 2nd run by Harry Finch and Garton had his third wicket when Ryan Pringle pushed half forward and became as soon as lbw.
Carse all all over again showed his batting prowess as he followed his unbeaten 61 within the first innings by making 23 no longer out.
Durham were 131 for 9 when play became as soon as halted honest earlier than 2pm. Nonetheless on the resumption at 4.15 it became as soon as all over in six balls as Graham Onions drove Chris Jordan straight to mid-off.
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