Bruce Talbot

Hampshire cruised to a seven-wicket win over Sussex and were left with an agonising wait to discover whether it would be enough to secure promotion to Division One of the Norwich Union League

The champagne was flowing at Hove today after Sussex clinched the Cricinfo Championship's second division title in style

Sussex took a big step towards claiming the second division title after bowling out Gloucestershire for 228 on the second day at Hove

A maiden first-class century from Robin Martin-Jenkins transformed the first day of Sussex's crucial Championship match with Gloucestershire at Hove

Sussex maintained their slim promotion hopes and denied Glamorgan a title-clinching victory when they won this evening's NUL Division Two match by 34 runs at Hove

Teenager Tim Ambrose was the star of the show as Sussex crushed Lancashire by 138 runs in their NUL day-night match at Hove

Sussex's promotion hopes were dealt a blow at Hove today when they suffered their first ever defeat against Durham

Durham are on the verge of their first ever Championship win over second division leaders Sussex despite some brave resistance from Robin Martin-Jenkins

Sussex face an uphill battle to avoid their first ever Championship defeat by Durham after they were dismissed for their lowest total of the season on the second day at Hove

Second division leaders Sussex strengthened their promotion challenge by reducing Durham to 254-9 on the first day at Hove

Australian pair Michael Slater and Mark Waugh made up for lost time with an entertaining, unbroken partnership of 70 in the 55 minutes of play that was possible on the second day of the rain affected tour match against Sussex at Hove

Sussex were in the driving seat at the close on the first day against Australia after rattling up 355-4 declared from 81 overs before reducing the tourists to 19-2 by stumps

Mark Robinson and Robin Martin-Jenkins each took four wickets as Sussex bowled out Middlesex for 161 to replace them at the top of the CricInfo Championship second division

Sussex are in the driving seat going into the final day of their top of the table match with Middlesex after an unbroken third wicket stand between skipper Chris Adams and Michael Yardy helped them establish an overall lead of 283

A draw looks the likely outcome in the battle between the second division's top two, but a couple of late wickets gave Sussex a slight edge going into the third day against leaders Middlesex at Hove

Openers Murray Goodwin and Richard Montgomerie posted their fifth century stand of a productive season as Sussex took the honours on a rain-affected first day of the important CricInfo Championship match against second division leaders Middlesex at

Robin Martin-Jenkins made a dramatic return to action with three wickets as Sussex squeezed home by seven runs against Middlesex in the floodlit Norwich Union League contest at Hove

Richard Montgomerie's first hundred in the one-day league set up a comfortable 27-run win for Sussex over Essex in the Norwich Union League at Hove

Jason Lewry took the second hat-trick of his career on the way to a career-best match return of 13-79 as Sussex routed Hampshire by an innings and 113 runs to go second in Division Two of the CricInfo Championship

Seventeen wickets fell on an extraordinary first day at Hove which ended with Sussex firmly in the driving seat against second-placed Hampshire in their Cricinfo Championship Division Two match