Jake Libby scored 215 in opposition to Sussex at Hove in September final 12 monthsLV= County Championship Division Two, 1st Central County Floor, Hove (day two)Sussex 348: Carter 76, McAndrew 65, Carson 64; Leach 6-78Worcestershire 410-9: Libby 198*, Hose 85; Karvelas 3-54, Shipley 3-87Worcestershire (7pts) lead Sussex (5 pts) by 62 runs with one wicket standing.Match scorecard

Worcestershire opener Jake Libby was left needing simply two extra runs to finish back-to-back double a whole bunch in opposition to Sussex after dominating on the second day at Hove.

It regarded like being a day of unrelenting toil for Sussex when Libby and Adam Hose handed their first-innings rating of 348 throughout a fourth-wicket stand of 192 both facet of tea.

However Sussex fought again admirably within the ultimate hour to take six wickets, 4 of them with the second new ball.

Libby, although, proved immovable and can resume on 198 out of a complete of 410-9, a lead of 62 and to this point he has confronted 257 balls and hit 28 fours.

Final September he helped himself to 215 in opposition to the identical opponents, additionally at Hove, and aside from a tough probability he supplied to Tom Alsop at slip shortly after reaching his second hundred of the season it was a near-faultless show by Libby – who additionally made a century on debut in opposition to Sussex for former membership Nottinghamshire again in 2014.

Along with Hose, he accelerated both facet of tea in a fourth-wicket alliance of 192 from 33 overs, ticking alongside at almost seven runs an over for a spell.

Hose contributed 85 off 100 balls with 12 fours and a six however when he was dismissed it sparked a collapse which noticed six wickets go for 29 runs in 8.5 overs.

Earlier, because the pitch flattened and the solar got here out, there had been marginal room for error and though stand-in captain Alsop, deputising for Cheteshwar Pujara, used eight bowlers and tried completely different combos his assault struggled for management.

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