- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras16 (b 7, lb 9)TOTAL345 all out (79 Overs, RR: 4.36)Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Luke Wells, 5.5 ov), 2-161 (Ed Joyce, 33.3 ov), 3-192 (Craig Cachopa, 36.5 ov), 4-231 (Matt Machan, 44.2 ov), 5-270 (Ben Brown, 54.2 ov), 6-286 (Luke Wright, 60.2 ov), 7-306 (Ashar Zaidi, 65.3 ov), 8-306 (Steve Magoffin, 65.4 ov), 9-337 (Tymal Mills, 76.4 ov), 10-345 (Matthew Hobden, 78.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB GM Andrew 17 1 73 3 4.29 0 0 CAJ Morris 20 0 79 2 3.95 0 0 JD Shantry 13 2 86 2 6.61 0 0 SMSM Senanayake 25 1 79 2 3.16 0 0 DKH Mitchell 1 0 1 0 1.00 0 0 APR Gidman 3 1 11 1 3.66 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras23 (b 7, lb 5, nb 8, w 3)TOTAL389 all out (105.1 Overs, RR: 3.69)Fall of wickets: 1-56 (Daryl Mitchell, 17.5 ov), 2-60 (Tom Fell, 19.4 ov), 3-137 (Alex Gidman, 48.6 ov), 4-153 (Tom Kohler-Cadmore, 52.6 ov), 5-227 (Richard Oliver, 67.1 ov), 6-227 (Ben Cox, 67.4 ov), 7-315 (Alexei Kervezee, 89.4 ov), 8-332 (Jack Shantry, 94.1 ov), 9-389 (Gareth Andrew, 104.3 ov), 10-389 (Sachithra Senanayake, 105.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB SJ Magoffin 26 6 69 3 2.65 1 0 A Shahzad 13 2 44 1 3.38 0 0 ME Hobden 26.5 7 86 3 3.20 0 0 TS Mills 16.3 3 63 0 3.81 1 2 Ashar Zaidi 12.1 1 48 1 3.94 0 0 LWP Wells 10.4 1 67 2 6.28 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras16 (b 8, lb 8)TOTAL290 all out (87 Overs, RR: 3.33)Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Luke Wells, 4.5 ov), 2-129 (Matt Machan, 31.6 ov), 3-132 (Craig Cachopa, 34.2 ov), 4-157 (Luke Wright, 39.5 ov), 5-194 (Ed Joyce, 51.2 ov), 6-233 (Ben Brown, 67.4 ov), 7-235 (Ashar Zaidi, 70.5 ov), 8-257 (Steve Magoffin, 78.6 ov), 9-269 (Tymal Mills, 82.2 ov), 10-290 (Ajmal Shahzad, 86.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB CAJ Morris 16 2 67 2 4.18 0 0 JD Shantry 16 2 48 1 3.00 0 0 GM Andrew 8 0 37 0 4.62 0 0 SMSM Senanayake 27 8 50 4 1.85 0 0 AN Kervezee 20 1 72 3 3.60 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras21 (b 7, lb 2, nb 10, w 2)TOTAL185 all out (59.3 Overs, RR: 3.1)Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Daryl Mitchell, 17.2 ov), 2-59 (Richard Oliver, 18.3 ov), 3-69 (Alex Gidman, 24.1 ov), 4-69 (Tom Kohler-Cadmore, 24.3 ov), 5-91 (Alexei Kervezee, 30.5 ov), 6-99 (Tom Fell, 33.1 ov), 7-116 (Gareth Andrew, 38.6 ov), 8-127 (Jack Shantry, 43.4 ov), 9-134 (Sachithra Senanayake, 46.1 ov), 10-185 (Charlie Morris, 59.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB SJ Magoffin 16 2 46 2 2.87 1 0 ME Hobden 12 2 39 1 3.25 1 1 A Shahzad 16 4 46 5 2.87 0 4 Ashar Zaidi 12 3 33 1 2.75 0 0 TS Mills 2 1 7 0 3.50 0 0 LWP Wells 1.3 0 5 1 3.33 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Season
Hours of play (local time)
Match days
Points
Close of Play
- Sun, 19 Apr - day 1 - Worcestershire 1st innings 45/0 (DKH Mitchell 18*, RK Oliver 21*, 15 ov)
- Mon, 20 Apr - day 2 - Sussex 2nd innings 8/0 (LWP Wells 2*, EC Joyce 6*, 3 ov)
- Tue, 21 Apr - day 3 - Worcestershire 2nd innings 47/0 (DKH Mitchell 16*, RK Oliver 23*, 14 ov)
- Wed, 22 Apr - day 4 - Worcestershire 2nd innings 185 (59.3 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
Match Coverage
All Match NewsComeback kid Shahzad blows away Worcs
Ajmal Shahzad claimed his best first-class figures and what was, remarkably, only the fourth five-for of his career as Sussex rounded up Worcestershire on the final day
Worcestershire favourites after Kervezee's surprise
The spectre of Saeed Ajmal loomed over Worcestershire's return to Division One. Last year Essex coach Paul Grayson said that if umpires had been "brave" enough to call Ajmal for an illegal action Worcestershire would not have been promoted.
Oliver, Kervezee give Worcs edge
Richard Oliver's second first-class hundred and aggressive half-centuries from Alexei Kervezee and Gareth Andrew led an impressive Worcestershire response on the second day against Sussex
Machan sheds the shackles with bristling ton
If supporters huddled at Hove in the expectation was of a genteel day of cricket, Matt Machan provided Hove with something rather more scintillating - a 70-ball hundred