Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Daniel Hughes	c †Pepper b Porter	13	29	35	2	0	44.82
Tom Haines	c Harmer b Ahmed	19	33	64	4	0	57.57
Tom Alsop	c †Pepper b Cook	3	3	5	0	0	100.00
James Coles	c Elgar b Porter	52	70	92	7	0	74.28
Danial Ibrahim	c †Pepper b Ahmed	9	12	14	2	0	75.00
John Simpson (c)†	c Cox b Harmer	34	88	120	6	0	38.63
Fynn Hudson-Prentice	c †Pepper b Porter	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
Jack Carson	c †Pepper b Thain	25	32	57	5	0	78.12
Aristides Karvelas	c Cox b Thain	1	3	10	0	0	33.33
Henry Crocombe	not out	16	21	35	3	0	76.19
Gurinder Sandhu	c Cook b Porter	13	29	29	3	0	44.82
Extras	(lb 3, nb 16)	19
Total	52.4 Ov (RR: 3.87)	204
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Daniel Hughes, 8.3 ov), 2-31 (Tom Alsop, 9.1 ov), 3-50 (Tom Haines, 13.6 ov), 4-64 (Danial Ibrahim, 17.4 ov), 5-120 (James Coles, 30.1 ov), 6-120 (Fynn Hudson-Prentice, 30.5 ov), 7-169 (Jack Carson, 43.6 ov), 8-169 (John Simpson, 44.1 ov), 9-171 (Aristides Karvelas, 45.4 ov), 10-204 (Gurinder Sandhu, 52.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Jamie Porter	12.4	3	30	4	2.36	62	-	-	0
Sam Cook	13	2	59	1	4.53	55	-	-	1
Simon Harmer	9	2	26	1	2.88	42	-	-	0
Khaleel Ahmed	10	1	46	2	4.60	45	-	-	1
Noah Thain	8	0	40	2	5.00	37	-	-	6

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	c Ibrahim b Hudson-Prentice	46	51	55	8	0	90.19
Paul Walter	lbw b Carson	47	70	101	7	1	67.14
Tom Westley (c)	b Sandhu	26	66	90	3	0	39.39
Jordan Cox	c Alsop b Sandhu	132	173	227	23	0	76.30
Sam Cook	c Haines b Crocombe	3	14	21	0	0	21.42
Matt Critchley	run out (Hudson-Prentice)	123	175	229	12	5	70.28
Michael Pepper †	c †Simpson b Hudson-Prentice	44	70	105	5	0	62.85
Noah Thain	b Sandhu	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Simon Harmer	c Coles b Crocombe	53	73	84	6	3	72.60
Khaleel Ahmed	c Sandhu b Hudson-Prentice	11	9	22	0	1	122.22
Jamie Porter	not out	1	10	28	0	0	10.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 8, nb 8)	18
Total	118 Ov (RR: 4.27)	504
Fall of wickets: 1-63 (Dean Elgar, 13.3 ov), 2-114 (Paul Walter, 25.6 ov), 3-142 (Tom Westley, 36.6 ov), 4-151 (Sam Cook, 41.6 ov), 5-345 (Jordan Cox, 84.5 ov), 6-430 (Matt Critchley, 99.1 ov), 7-430 (Noah Thain, 99.2 ov), 8-451 (Michael Pepper, 107.4 ov), 9-467 (Khaleel Ahmed, 111.5 ov), 10-504 (Simon Harmer, 117.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Gurinder Sandhu	32	7	122	3	3.81	134	-	-	2
Henry Crocombe	23	4	117	2	5.08	94	-	-	1
Fynn Hudson-Prentice	22	4	78	3	3.54	101	-	-	1
Aristides Karvelas	13	1	69	0	5.30	50	-	-	0
Jack Carson	15	0	57	1	3.80	61	-	-	0
James Coles	10	0	37	0	3.70	37	-	-	0
Danial Ibrahim	3	0	14	0	4.66	11	-	-	0

Sussex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tom Haines	c Walter b Cook	1	2	6	0	0	50.00
Daniel Hughes	c Harmer b Porter	14	19	28	3	0	73.68
Tom Alsop	lbw b Critchley	72	150	191	9	0	48.00
James Coles	c Porter b Harmer	108	214	290	14	1	50.46
Danial Ibrahim	c & b Ahmed	19	35	45	3	0	54.28
John Simpson (c)†	run out (Cook)	2	10	15	0	0	20.00
Fynn Hudson-Prentice	c Harmer b Critchley	9	7	9	2	0	128.57
Jack Carson	c Walter b Critchley	1	7	9	0	0	14.28
Aristides Karvelas	c †Pepper b Harmer	4	39	30	0	0	10.25
Henry Crocombe	b Critchley	2	13	21	0	0	15.38
Gurinder Sandhu	not out	0	5	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 2, nb 16, w 1, pen 5)	29
Total	82.1 Ov (RR: 3.17)	261
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Tom Haines, 1.1 ov), 2-33 (Daniel Hughes, 6.2 ov), 3-174 (Tom Alsop, 48.4 ov), 4-212 (Danial Ibrahim, 59.4 ov), 5-221 (John Simpson, 62.6 ov), 6-236 (Fynn Hudson-Prentice, 64.5 ov), 7-238 (Jack Carson, 66.2 ov), 8-249 (Aristides Karvelas, 75.6 ov), 9-261 (James Coles, 81.1 ov), 10-261 (Henry Crocombe, 82.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	10	2	27	1	2.70	48	-	-	0	1
Sam Cook	14	2	48	1	3.42	63	-	-	1	0
Khaleel Ahmed	15	1	64	1	4.26	65	-	-	0	3
Noah Thain	8	1	31	0	3.87	36	-	-	0	4
Simon Harmer	17	6	38	2	2.23	82	-	-	0	0
Matt Critchley	18.1	4	41	4	2.25	87	-	-	0	0

Close of Play

Tue, 22 Jul - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 152/4 (Jordan Cox 26*, Matt Critchley 0*, 43 ov)

Wed, 23 Jul - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 475/9 (Simon Harmer 25*, 113.3 ov)

Thu, 24 Jul - day 3 - Sussex 2nd innings 245/7 (James Coles 99*, Aristides Karvelas 4*, 74 ov)

Fri, 25 Jul - day 4 - Sussex 2nd innings 261 (82.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 4

Match Details

County Ground, Hove
Toss	Essex, 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	22,23,24,25 July 2025 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Mark Newell Rob Bailey
Match Referee	Phil Whitticase
Points	Essex 24, Sussex 2

Match Coverage

Critchley, Harmer share six as Essex inflict rare Hove defeat on Sussex

Coles 99* fights for Sussex but Essex close in

Hundreds for Jordan Cox, Matt Critchley strengthen Essex grip

Porter four-for puts Sussex on the back foot

Instant answers to T20 questions

Sussex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Porter	10	2	27	1	2.7 (1 nb)
SJ Cook	14	2	48	1	3.42
KK Ahmed	15	1	64	1	4.26 (3 nb)
NRM Thain	8	1	31	0	3.87 (4 nb)
SR Harmer	17	6	38	2	2.23
MJJ Critchley	18.1	4	41	4	2.25

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