06/04Result

County Championship Division Two at Brighton, Apr 6-9 2023

Sussex won by 2 wkts

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Oli Carter steers nervy run chase as Sussex defeat Durham

Confidence boost as Sussex win opening match of Championship for first time since 2015

Match Centre

Match Details

County Ground, Hove

Series

County Championship Division Two 2023

Toss

Sussex , elected to field first

Season

2023

Match days

6,7,8,9 April 2023 (4-day match)

First-class debut

Ben McKinney

Sussex replacement

FJ Hudson-Prentice for GHS Garton (Sussex 1st innings, 91.0 ov)

Umpires

James Middlebrook

Billy Taylor

Match Referee

Mike Smith

Points

Sussex 21, Durham 6

Scorecard Summary

END OF OVER:
67 | 10 Runs | SUSS: 228/8

Oli Carter33 (83b)
Jack Carson0 (11b)

Brydon Carse14-3-38-3
Matthew Kuhnemann24-5-70-4

66.6

Carse to Carter, FOUR,

66.5

Carse to Carter, no run,

66.4

Carse to Carter, no run,

66.3

Carse to Carter, FOUR,

66.2

1lb

Carse to Carson, 1 leg bye,

66.1

Carse to Carter, 1 run,

Match Coverage

All Match News

Oli Carter steers nervy run chase as Sussex defeat Durham
Confidence boost as Sussex win opening match of Championship for first time since 2015
Sussex sense victory despite late wickets after Tom Haines anchors chase
Pujara falls before close to give Durham hope, but hosts in control needing 59 to win
Cheteshwar Pujara takes on captaincy with run-scoring prowess undimmed
A new role does not stop the hundreds from flowing as Sussex hit back at Hove
Durham raise Bazball banner as cavalier approach pays off at Hove
Alex Lees, Michael Jones score half-centuries while Graham Clark hits six sixes in 47 off 52

Sussex INNINGS		R	B
AGH Orr	caught	11	15
TJ Haines	caught	64	69
TP Alsop	caught	29	58
CA Pujara	caught	35	43
TGR Clark	lbw	22	55
SF Hunt	caught wk	14	40
OJ Carter	not out	33	83
FJ Hudson-Prentice	caught	6	9
N McAndrew	stumped	1	19
JJ Carson	not out	0	11
HT Crocombe
EXTRAS	(lb 9, w 8)
TOTAL	232 (8 wkts; 67 ovs)

Durham BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
MJ Potts	19.0	2	87	0	4.57
BA Raine	10.0	3	28	1	2.80
BA Carse	14.0	3	38	3	2.71
MP Kuhnemann	24.0	5	70	4	2.91	(2w)

Sussex 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	30	TJ Haines	AGH Orr
2nd	77	TP Alsop	TJ Haines
3rd	2	CA Pujara	TJ Haines
4th	57	CA Pujara	TGR Clark
5th	0	CA Pujara	SF Hunt
6th	27	OJ Carter	SF Hunt
7th	9	FJ Hudson-Prentice	OJ Carter
8th	6	N McAndrew	OJ Carter
9th	24	JJ Carson	OJ Carter

County Championship Division Two

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
DURH	14	7	1	6	233
WORCS	14	5	3	6	167
SUSS	14	3	1	10	150
LEICS	14	3	4	7	142
GLAM	14	1	1	12	139
DERBS	14	0	4	10	113
YORKS	14	3	2	8	109
GLOUC	14	0	6	7	97

County Ground, Hove

Series

Toss

Season

Match days

First-class debut

Sussex replacement

Umpires

Match Referee

Points

DURHAM 376(80.2 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

SUSSEX 335(93.4 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

DURHAM 189(54 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

SUSSEX 232/8(67 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:67 | 10 Runs | SUSS: 228/8

Oli Carter steers nervy run chase as Sussex defeat Durham

Sussex sense victory despite late wickets after Tom Haines anchors chase

Cheteshwar Pujara takes on captaincy with run-scoring prowess undimmed

Durham raise Bazball banner as cavalier approach pays off at Hove

DURHAM 376(80.2 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

SUSSEX 335(93.4 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

DURHAM 189(54 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

SUSSEX 232/8(67 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:
67 | 10 Runs | SUSS: 228/8