Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Luke Wells	c †Hill b Raine	2	25	37	0	0	8.00
Phil Salt	c †Hill b Mohammad Abbas	21	38	43	3	0	55.26
Stiaan van Zyl	c Ackermann b Parkinson	44	128	158	8	0	34.37
Harry Finch	c Ackermann b Dexter	14	49	68	2	0	28.57
Luke Wright	b Raine	88	158	235	13	1	55.69
Ben Brown (c)†	c Horton b Mohammad Abbas	64	133	135	6	0	48.12
Michael Burgess	not out	101	147	235	5	2	68.70
Ollie Robinson	b Raine	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Ishant Sharma	c Griffiths b Javid	66	141	182	6	1	46.80
David Wiese	not out	19	39	35	0	1	48.71
Extras	(b 9, lb 8, nb 2)	19
Total	143 Ov (RR: 3.06)	438/8d
Did not bat: Will Beer
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Luke Wells, 9.3 ov), 2-25 (Phil Salt, 10.6 ov), 3-52 (Harry Finch, 27.5 ov), 4-115 (Stiaan van Zyl, 49.2 ov), 5-234 (Ben Brown, 86.2 ov), 6-240 (Luke Wright, 89.5 ov), 7-240 (Ollie Robinson, 89.6 ov), 8-393 (Ishant Sharma, 132.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mohammad Abbas	32	10	61	2	1.90	158	6	0	0	0
10.6 to PD Salt, . 25/2 86.2 to BC Brown, . 234/5
Gavin Griffiths	26	8	69	0	2.65	123	10	0	0	0
Ben Raine	32	6	104	3	3.25	142	14	0	0	1
9.3 to LWP Wells, . 23/1 89.5 to LJ Wright, . 240/6 89.6 to OE Robinson, . 240/7
Neil Dexter	16	5	63	1	3.93	70	11	0	0	0
27.5 to HZ Finch, . 52/3
Callum Parkinson	24	4	81	1	3.37	99	2	4	0	0
49.2 to S van Zyl, . 115/4
Ateeq Javid	13	0	43	1	3.30	46	0	1	0	0
132.1 to I Sharma, . 393/8

Leicestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Carberry (c)	lbw b Sharma	32	79	116	5	0	40.50
Paul Horton	lbw b Sharma	0	12	24	0	0	0.00
Colin Ackermann	c Finch b Wells	186	350	458	24	0	53.14
Mark Cosgrove	c & b Wells	64	106	152	7	0	60.37
Ateeq Javid	lbw b Wiese	13	66	68	2	0	19.69
Neil Dexter	c †Brown b Wells	34	77	78	4	1	44.15
Lewis Hill †	lbw b Wells	8	23	27	1	0	34.78
Ben Raine	c †Brown b Sharma	40	45	52	3	2	88.88
Callum Parkinson	c †Brown b Beer	4	23	29	0	0	17.39
Gavin Griffiths	not out	5	19	28	1	0	26.31
Mohammad Abbas	not out	5	14	11	1	0	35.71
Extras	(b 12, lb 6, nb 8, w 5)	31
Total	135 Ov (RR: 3.12)	422/9d
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Paul Horton, 4.6 ov), 2-73 (Michael Carberry, 27.4 ov), 3-214 (Mark Cosgrove, 68.6 ov), 4-253 (Ateeq Javid, 85.6 ov), 5-328 (Neil Dexter, 107.2 ov), 6-345 (Lewis Hill, 114.1 ov), 7-406 (Colin Ackermann, 124.6 ov), 8-410 (Ben Raine, 127.1 ov), 9-417 (Callum Parkinson, 131.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ishant Sharma	29	5	85	3	2.93	135	10	0	1	0
4.6 to PJ Horton, . 7/1 27.4 to MA Carberry, . 73/2 127.1 to BA Raine, . 410/8
Ollie Robinson	27	9	72	0	2.66	126	8	0	0	4
David Wiese	23	5	63	1	2.73	107	10	0	0	0
85.6 to A Javid, . 253/4
Will Beer	26	3	88	1	3.38	105	11	0	0	0
131.3 to CF Parkinson, . 417/9
Stiaan van Zyl	3	0	15	0	5.00	12	3	0	0	0
Luke Wells	27	2	81	4	3.00	118	6	3	0	0
68.6 to MJ Cosgrove, . 214/3 107.2 to NJ Dexter, . 328/5 114.1 to LJ Hill, . 345/6 124.6 to CN Ackermann, . 406/7

Sussex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Luke Wells	not out	102	241	315	10	2	42.32
Phil Salt	b Mohammad Abbas	17	41	55	2	0	41.46
Stiaan van Zyl	lbw b Griffiths	24	40	56	4	0	60.00
Harry Finch	lbw b Raine	22	44	54	2	0	50.00
Luke Wright	b Javid	29	78	94	4	0	37.17
Ben Brown (c)†	not out	25	56	57	3	0	44.64
Extras	(b 8, lb 10, nb 4)	22
Total	83 Ov (RR: 2.90)	241/4d
Did not bat: Michael Burgess, Ollie Robinson, David Wiese, Ishant Sharma, Will Beer
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Phil Salt, 12.1 ov), 2-63 (Stiaan van Zyl, 26.4 ov), 3-119 (Harry Finch, 40.5 ov), 4-179 (Luke Wright, 64.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mohammad Abbas	17	8	37	1	2.17	87	5	0	0	1
12.1 to PD Salt, . 27/1
Ben Raine	18	6	42	1	2.33	86	4	0	0	0
40.5 to HZ Finch, . 119/3
Callum Parkinson	26	5	73	0	2.80	121	7	2	0	0
Gavin Griffiths	10	1	41	1	4.10	41	6	0	0	1
26.4 to S van Zyl, . 63/2
Ateeq Javid	12	3	30	1	2.50	55	3	0	0	0
64.3 to LJ Wright, . 179/4

Close of Play

Fri, 20 Apr - day 1 - Sussex 1st innings 254/7 (Michael Burgess 7*, Ishant Sharma 8*, 96 ov)

Sat, 21 Apr - day 2 - Leics 1st innings 112/2 (Colin Ackermann 61*, Mark Cosgrove 12*, 39 ov)

Sun, 22 Apr - day 3 - Sussex 2nd innings 11/0 (Luke Wells 7*, Phil Salt 3*, 6 ov)

Mon, 23 Apr - day 4 - Sussex 2nd innings 241/4d (83 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Grace Road, Leicester
Toss	Sussex, elected to bat first
Series	Specsavers County Championship Division Two
Season	2018
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	20,21,22,23 April 2018 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Alex Wharf Paul Baldwin
Points	Sussex 9, Leicestershire 10

Match Coverage

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Sussex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mohammad Abbas	17	8	37	1	2.17 (1 nb)
BA Raine	18	6	42	1	2.33
CF Parkinson	26	5	73	0	2.8
GT Griffiths	10	1	41	1	4.1 (1 nb)
A Javid	12	3	30	1	2.5

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