| Vitality County Championship Division Two, 1st Central County Floor, Hove (day three) |
| Gloucestershire 417 & 81-6: Hammond 25; Seales 2-12, Robinson 2-32 |
| Sussex 479: Alsop 84, Pujara 86; Goodman 3-79 |
| Gloucestershire (6 pts) lead Sussex (6 pts) by 19 runs with 4 wickets remaining |
| Match scorecard |
Ollie Robinson took two wickets in three balls as Sussex put themselves in a robust place to assert their first County Championship win of the season.
Having bowled 27 wicketless overs within the match, Robinson was lastly rewarded when he pinned Cameron Bancroft and James Bracey in entrance as Gloucestershire slumped to 27 for 4 earlier than barely enhancing to 81 for six stumps, main by simply 19 at Hove.
Robinson lastly struck in his sixth over when Bancroft performed throughout a ball which reduce and Bracey, providing minimal footwork, was plumb in entrance of a straight one.
Robinson’s workload is being managed by the ECB and his 9-3-21-2 spell was his longest – and finest – spell of the season to date.
Jayden Seales had taken two wickets in his first two overs after Gloucestershire had gone in once more trailing by 62 on first innings, having dismissed Sussex for 479.
Charlesworth drove loosely to backward level within the West Indian’s first over and in his subsequent, Ollie Value left a size ball which uprooted his off stump.
Skipper Graeme van Burren and Miles Hammond effected a short restoration earlier than off-spinner Jack Carson struck along with his fifth ball when the previous missed an tried pull.
James Coles then bought Sussex a sixth wicket within the penultimate over when Tom Value was trapped LBW.
Earlier, Cheteshwar Pujara, John Simpson and Danny Lamb had all handed 50 earlier than Sussex had been bowled out for 479 and it was shocking that none went on to make the primary hundred of the match.
Pujara eased effortlessly from his in a single day 75 to 86, however gifted his wicket when hesitating for a 3rd run.
Simpson and Lamb, with Sussex nonetheless trailing by 103 runs, tilted the stability of their favour with a measured stand of 143 in 34 overs.
Simpson reached his fifty by lofting Gohar over lengthy on and added eight fours earlier than he misjudged a pull.
Lamb, who scored a century at Leicester, continued his good kind with 83 off 116 balls. Seeking to power the tempo, he was bowled by Don Goodman making an attempt to ramp him over the wicketkeeper.
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