Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Daniel Hughes	c Nicholls b Taylor	25	65	94	5	0	38.46
Tom Haines	c sub b Taylor	53	89	124	12	0	59.55
Tom Clark	lbw b Taylor	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Tom Alsop	c †Roderick b Taylor	0	8	11	0	0	0.00
James Coles	c Brookes b Allison	1	7	14	0	0	14.28
John Simpson (c)†	b Taylor	5	9	19	1	0	55.55
Fynn Hudson-Prentice	c †Roderick b Gibbon	22	47	67	4	0	46.80
Jack Carson	b Waite	102	138	230	11	1	73.91
Ollie Robinson	c Libby b Brookes	10	24	34	2	0	41.66
Aristides Karvelas	c Waite b Allison	20	28	34	3	0	71.42
James Hayes	not out	33	126	109	4	0	26.19
Extras	(lb 11, nb 2)	13
Total	90.3 Ov (RR: 3.13)	284
Fall of wickets: 1-80 (Daniel Hughes, 22.1 ov), 2-80 (Tom Clark, 22.4 ov), 3-80 (Tom Alsop, 24.6 ov), 4-81 (James Coles, 27.6 ov), 5-81 (Tom Haines, 28.4 ov), 6-88 (John Simpson, 32.3 ov), 7-126 (Fynn Hudson-Prentice, 43.6 ov), 8-162 (Ollie Robinson, 51.5 ov), 9-211 (Aristides Karvelas, 60.1 ov), 10-284 (Jack Carson, 90.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Tom Taylor	22	9	56	5	2.54	109	-	-	0
Ben Allison	22	6	67	2	3.04	105	-	-	0
Ben Gibbon	17	3	49	1	2.88	79	-	-	0
Matthew Waite	14.3	3	54	1	3.72	64	-	-	1
Ethan Brookes	4	0	25	1	6.25	14	-	-	0
Fateh Singh	11	4	22	0	2.00	51	-	-	0

Worcestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ben Gibbon	c †Simpson b Robinson	4	22	21	0	0	18.18
Jake Libby	lbw b Hudson-Prentice	13	45	61	1	0	28.88
Gareth Roderick †	c Alsop b Karvelas	21	32	54	4	0	65.62
Henry Nicholls	c †Simpson b Hudson-Prentice	32	73	122	2	0	43.83
Kashif Ali	c †Simpson b Robinson	13	54	69	1	0	24.07
Ethan Brookes	c †Simpson b Hudson-Prentice	20	50	56	4	0	40.00
Brett D'Oliveira (c)	c Coles b Clark	30	58	94	5	0	51.72
Matthew Waite	c †Simpson b Hudson-Prentice	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Fateh Singh	c Hayes b Clark	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
Tom Taylor	c †Simpson b Hudson-Prentice	32	73	83	5	0	43.83
Ben Allison	not out	9	10	14	2	0	90.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 2)	6
Total	70.4 Ov (RR: 2.54)	180
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Ben Gibbon, 4.4 ov), 2-39 (Jake Libby, 14.6 ov), 3-43 (Gareth Roderick, 17.6 ov), 4-74 (Kashif Ali, 34.2 ov), 5-97 (Henry Nicholls, 44.3 ov), 6-110 (Ethan Brookes, 48.1 ov), 7-110 (Matthew Waite, 48.4 ov), 8-111 (Fateh Singh, 49.4 ov), 9-162 (Brett D'Oliveira, 67.2 ov), 10-180 (Tom Taylor, 70.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ollie Robinson	15	5	31	2	2.06	72	-	-
James Hayes	8	0	34	0	4.25	31	-	-
Aristides Karvelas	17	5	31	1	1.82	85	-	-
Fynn Hudson-Prentice	14.4	2	40	5	2.72	71	-	-
Tom Clark	12	2	29	2	2.41	58	-	-
Jack Carson	2	1	5	0	2.50	7	-	-
Tom Haines	2	1	4	0	2.00	11	-	-

Sussex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tom Haines	b Taylor	0	12	13	0	0	0.00
Daniel Hughes	b Allison	0	7	14	0	0	0.00
Tom Clark	lbw b Taylor	10	17	25	2	0	58.82
Tom Alsop	lbw b Singh	72	136	209	11	0	52.94
James Coles	lbw b Waite	68	130	164	10	0	52.30
John Simpson (c)†	c †Roderick b Allison	13	45	53	2	0	28.88
Fynn Hudson-Prentice	c †Roderick b Allison	10	11	14	2	0	90.90
Jack Carson	not out	39	63	79	4	1	61.90
Ollie Robinson	run out (Kashif Ali)	30	31	38	5	0	96.77
Aristides Karvelas	b Singh	1	12	8	0	0	8.33
James Hayes	c Brookes b Singh	7	14	13	1	0	50.00
Extras	(lb 6)	6
Total	79.4 Ov (RR: 3.21)	256
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Tom Haines, 2.6 ov), 2-0 (Daniel Hughes, 3.1 ov), 3-18 (Tom Clark, 8.5 ov), 4-143 (James Coles, 47.6 ov), 5-164 (Tom Alsop, 53.1 ov), 6-177 (Fynn Hudson-Prentice, 56.4 ov), 7-188 (John Simpson, 62.2 ov), 8-236 (Ollie Robinson, 72.6 ov), 9-240 (Aristides Karvelas, 75.4 ov), 10-256 (James Hayes, 79.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Tom Taylor	16	7	37	2	2.31	84	-	-
Ben Allison	18	7	52	3	2.88	87	-	-
Ben Gibbon	17	1	67	0	3.94	65	-	-
Matthew Waite	10	2	34	1	3.40	44	-	-
Fateh Singh	17.4	2	58	3	3.28	76	-	-
Ethan Brookes	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	-	-

Worcestershire 2nd Innings (T: 361 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gareth Roderick †	b Karvelas	4	24	21	0	0	16.66
Jake Libby	c Clark b Hudson-Prentice	167	252	374	22	0	66.26
Henry Nicholls	c †Simpson b Hayes	34	72	85	4	0	47.22
Kashif Ali	c Coles b Robinson	4	34	36	0	0	11.76
Ben Allison	c †Simpson b Hudson-Prentice	3	13	15	0	0	23.07
Ethan Brookes	b Karvelas	9	28	56	1	0	32.14
Brett D'Oliveira (c)	b Clark	29	80	95	0	0	36.25
Matthew Waite	c Coles b Karvelas	14	55	59	1	0	25.45
Fateh Singh	c Haines b Robinson	11	34	53	1	0	32.35
Tom Taylor	not out	10	46	53	0	0	21.73
Ben Gibbon	b Robinson	0	2	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 15, nb 4, w 1)	28
Total	106.2 Ov (RR: 2.94)	313
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Gareth Roderick, 5.3 ov), 2-88 (Henry Nicholls, 28.6 ov), 3-114 (Kashif Ali, 38.4 ov), 4-119 (Ben Allison, 41.5 ov), 5-153 (Ethan Brookes, 53.4 ov), 6-234 (Brett D'Oliveira, 77.2 ov), 7-286 (Matthew Waite, 91.5 ov), 8-286 (Jake Libby, 92.5 ov), 9-309 (Fateh Singh, 104.6 ov), 10-313 (Ben Gibbon, 106.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ollie Robinson	29.2	6	66	3	2.25	144	-	-	1	0
Aristides Karvelas	17	1	52	3	3.05	74	-	-	0	1
Fynn Hudson-Prentice	23	5	51	2	2.21	109	-	-	0	0
Tom Clark	11	1	45	1	4.09	42	-	-	0	1
Jack Carson	16	3	31	0	1.93	76	-	-	0	0
James Hayes	9	0	40	1	4.44	32	-	-	0	0
James Coles	1	0	5	0	5.00	4	-	-	0	0

Close of Play

Fri, 09 May - day 1 - Worcs 1st innings 7/0 (Ben Gibbon 1*, Jake Libby 6*, 3 ov)

Sat, 10 May - day 2 - Sussex 2nd innings 66/3 (Tom Alsop 24*, James Coles 27*, 26 ov)

Sun, 11 May - day 3 - Worcs 2nd innings 117/3 (Jake Libby 64*, Ben Allison 3*, 40 ov)

Mon, 12 May - day 4 - Worcs 2nd innings 313 (106.2 ov) - end of match

Match Details

County Ground, Hove
Toss	Worcestershire, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2025
Hours of play (local time)	11.00 start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	9,10,11,12 May 2025 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	James Hayes
Umpires	Ben Debenham James Middlebrook
Match Referee	Peter Such
Points	Sussex 20, Worcestershire 3

Match Coverage

Sussex seal hard-fought win despite Jack Libby's Hove comforts

Jake Libby stands in Sussex's way for final-day push

Hudson-Prentice masters Worcestershire as Sussex take command

Carson wins the day with maiden first-class ton

Instant answers to T20 questions

Worcs Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
OE Robinson	29.2	6	66	3	2.25
A Karvelas	17	1	52	3	3.05 (1 nb)
FJ Hudson-Prentice	23	5	51	2	2.21
TGR Clark	11	1	45	1	4.09 (1 nb)
JJ Carson	16	3	31	0	1.93
JPH Hayes	9	0	40	1	4.44
JM Coles	1	0	5	0	5

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