Sussex must hope for final-day run chase

Glamorgan 252 and 149 for 2 (Rudolph 47) lead Sussex 283 by 118 runs
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Only 19.3 overs were bowled on the third day at the SSE Swalec, because of rain and bad light, and when play was called off at 5.00pm Glamorgan had reached 149 for 2 - an overall lead of 118. With one day remaining, and Sussex hoping for a result that will challenge Essex at the top of Division 2, there is a possibility that the two captains Jacques Rudolph and Luke Wright, will agree on a target that Sussex could chase in the final innings.

Rudolph and Will Bragg had resumed on 50 for 1, and after striking three boundaries off Steve Magoffin, the Glamorgan captain was three runs from only his third fifty of the season when the Australian seamer got his revenge by trapping Rudolph leg before.

The second wicket pair had put on 67 for the second wicket, and when David Lloyd replaced Rudolph he was quickly off the mark with two boundaries off Jofra Archer. Magoffin, who had taken the two wickets, was Sussex's most accurate bowler, and twice had confident lbw appeals turned down.

With Will Bragg playing watchfully at the other end, Lloyd continued to attack, and when George Garton replaced Archer, the left arm seamer was twice driven to the extra cover boundary by Lloyd. The third wicket pair had put on 72, before the gloom descended and the umpires decided that the light was too bad for play to continue at 3.00pm.

Bragg said that it had been a good Glamorgan day. "We came through tricky conditions that were ideal for seam bowling, and we had to be on our guard".

In terms of the captains coming to an agreement Bragg said: "We will have to see where we are after the first 45 minutes or so in the morning, and with neither team having anything to lose there may be a chat between the two captains".

Mark Davis, the Sussex coach, when asked about a possible arrangement between the two captains, said: "We haven't looked into that yet, but we need to win games, especially after Essex's performance against Leicestershire. We will see how things pan out in the morning, and take it from there."