23/06Result
31st Match, County Championship Division Two at Brighton, Jun 23-26 2024
Sussex won by 18 runs
23/06Result
31st Match, County Championship Division Two at Brighton, Jun 23-26 2024
Sussex won by 18 runs

2.45pm Each and every Sussex player comes up to console and congratulate in equal measure. Among the records Louis Kimber smashed in his extraordinary 243 from 127 balls was the most runs in a Championship over (43) and the most sixes (21). But the number he really wanted was 464... 445 is not quite enough! He's pretty despondent as he leaves the pitch, but there's nothing but glory on show in that innings.

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80.4
W
McAndrew to Kimber, OUT, bowled him! Kimber's magnificence falls short! It was back of a length, straight as they come, he swished eagerly into the leg-side, but can only under-edge the ball into his own stumps! Here ends one of the most valiant innings ever witnessed in first-class cricket!

LPJ Kimber b McAndrew 243 (176m 127b 20x4 21x6) SR: 191.33

Barry: "Far more exciting than England in Cologne last night. Not hard really, I know...."

80.3
0
McAndrew to Kimber, no run, right in his arc this time, but drilled straight at cover
80.2
0
McAndrew to Kimber, no run, backs away, McAndrew follows him on the short ball, clothed into the off-side
80.1
0
McAndrew to Kimber, no run, slower ball, clipped out to deep midwicket, but there's no danger of taking a run there

Singles everywhere with the boundaries manned

END OF OVER:
80 | 10 Runs | LEICS: 445/9

  • Josh Hull0 (2b)
  • Louis Kimber243 (123b)
  • Ollie Robinson20-2-105-2
  • Nathan McAndrew12-2-45-1

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79.6
0
Robinson to Hull, no run, round the wicket, full length, speared into the toes, clipped to short leg

Three slips

79.5
1
Robinson to Kimber, 1 run, opens the face again, another single guided out to cover. Hull will have one ball to survive
79.4
2
Robinson to Kimber, 2 runs, attempted yorker, opens the face on the full length and guides the drive out to deep cover. Robinson gives Lamb the stare as he fails to prevent the second
79.3
0
Robinson to Kimber, no run, wide line, Kimber flings his hand into an inside-out smash, but can't connect
79.2
0
Robinson to Kimber, no run, cuffed down the ground again, but under-edged on this occasion. It wobbles into space behind the bowler, but they turn down the run for now
79.1
6
Robinson to Kimber, SIX, dispatched down the ground! Preposterous pick-up, kneeling onto the front foot, reaching the wide line on a full length, and straight as a die back over Robbo's head!
79.1
1w
Robinson to Kimber, 1 wide, that's a horror wide! Attempted back-of-the-hander I suspect. But it slipped out sideways and barely hit the cut strip

Robinson is back. What's 29 runs when you've taken 43 from one over?

END OF OVER:
79 | 1 Run 1 Wkt | LEICS: 435/9

  • Josh Hull0 (1b)
  • Louis Kimber234 (118b)
  • Nathan McAndrew12-2-45-1
  • Ollie Robinson19-2-95-2

Bevan: "If you take away all those boundaries, Kimber has hit a very beautiful 34 off 78 deliveries!"

78.6
0
McAndrew to Hull, no run, round the wicket, fended to the on-side on the back foot

Three slips now for Hull's only ball of the over. And a short leg

29 to win, one man left. Josh Hull has long levers of his own, but it's all on Kimber now!

78.5
W
McAndrew to Mike, OUT, lofted straight to mid-off! Oh my, that's a terrible way to go... just a tame chip in the air, neither driving nor defensive, Robinson barely moved to swallow the lobbed chance

BWM Mike c Robinson b McAndrew 3 (16m 8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 37.50

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78.4
0
McAndrew to Mike, no run, tight line on a full length, Mike strokes it into the covers with a full face
78.3
1
McAndrew to Kimber, 1 run, rolls his wrists into a pull to deep backward square, and takes the single
78.2
0
McAndrew to Kimber, no run, fired way down the leg side, Kimber swings with one hand but can't connect
78.1
0
McAndrew to Kimber, no run, back of a length, climbs past Kimber's edge but doesn't clip it

END OF OVER:
78 | 8 Runs | LEICS: 434/8

  • Louis Kimber233 (115b)
  • Ben Mike3 (6b)
  • Ollie Robinson19-2-95-2
  • Danny Lamb4-0-26-0
77.6
1b
Robinson to Kimber, 1 bye, keeps horribly low but misses the stumps! Kimber stabs down his bat, the keeper can't gather either, and crucially Kimber turns a near dismissal into a single to keep the strike!
77.5
6
Robinson to Kimber, SIX, bottom-handed launch over wide long-on! That is incredible hitting! Utterly nailed off the toes, in the air and flat over the ropes!
77.4
1
Robinson to Mike, 1 run, in behind the line and nudges a single down to deep third

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Leics 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st57IG HollandRK Patel
2nd48IG HollandLJ Hill
3rd9IG HollandLP Goldsworthy
4th5PSP HandscombLP Goldsworthy
5th16PWA MulderLP Goldsworthy
6th9PWA MulderSW Currie
7th31PWA MulderLPJ Kimber
8th239OB CoxLPJ Kimber
9th21LPJ KimberBWM Mike
10th10LPJ KimberJ Hull