Sussex 348 and 359 for six (Haines 91, Alsop 67*, Carson 52*, Clark 50) lead Worcestershire 410 (Libby 198, Karvelas 4-54) by 297 runs

Tom Haines made 91 and there have been half-centuries for skipper Tom Alsop, Fynn Hudson-Prentice and Jack Carson as Sussex recovered from a mini-collapse to go into the ultimate day towards Worcestershire at Hove with a lead of 297 and 4 second-innings wickets in hand.

Haines and Tom Clark knocked off their first-innings deficit of 62 in a assured opening stand of 143 that seemed to be placing their aspect in a powerful place. However 45 minutes after lunch all of the sudden there was some help within the 1st Central County Floor pitch for Worcestershire’s seamers.

Haines and Clark departed to successive balls and each James Coles and Ollie Carter fell cheaply as 4 wickets went down in 27 deliveries for simply 4 runs. When Dan Ibrahim was fifth out for a skittish however within the circumstances very important run-a-ball 28, Sussex have been solely in entrance by 116.

However the stubborn Alsop and Hudson-Prentice tilted the steadiness again of their favour throughout a stand of 82 in 23 overs both aspect of tea. Hudson-Prentice fell to Pakistan legspinner Usama Mir for 54 however Alsop was joined by Carson in one other productive alliance up to now value 99 with Sussex closing on 359 for six.

In the beginning of the day Worcestershire opener Jake Libby had been dismissed off the fourth ball with out including to his in a single day 198. Libby turned down a single to guard final man Ben Gibbon solely to edge the following supply low to Clark at second slip and provides Ari Karvelas, who completed with 4 for 54, his fourth wicket with the second new ball. Worcestershire had misplaced their final seven for 44 in 12.2 overs.

The momentum appeared to be again with Sussex, particularly when Clark and Haines rattled alongside at greater than 5 an over earlier than lunch. Haines wanted simply 48 balls to finish his fifty, swatting away something free in his sturdy scoring areas on the leg aspect for almost all of his ten fours. Clark was extra circumspect and practically ran out his companion when going by means of for the only to get to his half-century.

Sussex have been making serene progress however after lunch Worcestershire’s seamers tightened their…

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