- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.2 full once more, theoretically driveable, but a hint of late movement finds the edge instead and the keeper completes Sanderson's second of the morning 10/20.5 tight line on a full length to the left-hander, Haines pushes forward and first slip scoops a sharp low snick. Sussex lost their first in the first over 1/16.1 Sanderson has three in the blink of an eye! Superb delivery, angled across the left-hander, but straightening off the pitch to thump the top of middle. Van Zyl is done all ends up 19/311.1 Berg joins the party now, and Head's debut is short and to the point! Pushed across the left-hander, movement and extra bounce to snag the splice, and first slip clings onto a head-high chance. A familiar demise on a bowler's morning! 21/412.1 round the wicket, curling into the left-hander, Clark plants a sturdy front foot, but that's slammed him on the pad! Six down! 21/611.4 Two in the over for Berg, and Sussex are in freefall! Swinging in from outside off, lovely and full, Brown's feet are trapped on the crease, and that is plumb! 21/513.3 Wild and awful from Rawlins! That's the pressure to make something, anything happen... a horrible hack at a hint of width, another snick to first slip. Twenty-five for SEVEN! 25/731.5 In the channel outside off, a hint of late away swing, Meaker plays outside his eyeline, and a thin edge ends a battling stand 81/841.4 full length, tight line, a loose drive and Berg surges through the gate to hit the top of middle 105/942.2 full length, catching practice to third slip as Sarro pokes his bat down the line. Five wickets apiece for the the main men! 106/9Extras3 (lb 3)TOTAL106 all out (42.2 Overs, RR: 2.5)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Tom Haines, 0.5 ov), 2-10 (Aaron Thomason, 4.2 ov), 3-19 (Stiaan van Zyl, 6.1 ov), 4-21 (Travis Head, 11.1 ov), 5-21 (Ben Brown, 11.4 ov), 6-21 (Tom Clark, 12.1 ov), 7-25 (Delray Rawlins, 13.3 ov), 8-81 (Stuart Meaker, 31.5 ov), 9-105 (Jack Carson, 41.4 ov), 10-106 (Joseph Sarro, 42.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB BW Sanderson 15.2 4 28 5 1.82 0 0 TAI Taylor 8 0 37 0 4.62 0 0 GK Berg 13 5 18 5 1.38 0 0 WD Parnell 6 1 20 0 3.33 0 0
06/05Result
Group 3, County Championship at Northampton, May 6-9 2021
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![Sussex]( "Sussex")
106 & 215 (63.2 ov) -
![Northamptonshire]( "Northamptonshire")
06/05Result
Group 3, County Championship at Northampton, May 6-9 2021
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![Sussex]( "Sussex")
106 & 215 (63.2 ov) -
![Northamptonshire]( "Northamptonshire")
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.2 Robinson wastes no time in getting in on the action! Full length, pitching on or around leg stump and thumping Curran's pad as he falls into a drive. Up goes the finger! 0/11.5 back of a length, pinned on the knee-roll as Vasconcelos slides deeper into his crease! Sussex have hit back hard with the new ball! 8/278.5 down on one knee for the sweep, but he's through the shot too soon! Up goes the finger, struck in front of leg stump, and there ends a superb maiden first-class hundred 346/683.1 back of a length, Rossington swings into a pull but doesn't get hold of it at all. A simple chance to mid-on, and he misses out on a richly merited hundred 354/784.3 five for Robinson, and it's a typical scalp for Sussex's metronome. Round the wicket, cramping Parnell on the drive, a touch of movement to take the edge and a simple take for the keeper 357/899.6 round the wicket, slapped airily to third man. Sussex will settle for that, as their ninth bowling option makes the breakthrough 420/9Extras25 (b 7, lb 8, nb 10)TOTAL441/9d (102 Overs, RR: 4.32)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Ben Curran, 0.2 ov), 2-8 (Ricardo Vasconcelos, 1.5 ov), 3-36 (Charlie Thurston, 6.3 ov), 4-60 (Luke Procter, 14.1 ov), 5-148 (Rob Keogh, 31.2 ov), 6-346 (Saif Zaib, 78.5 ov), 7-354 (Adam Rossington, 83.1 ov), 8-357 (Wayne Parnell, 84.3 ov), 9-420 (Gareth Berg, 99.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB OE Robinson 26 7 58 5 2.23 0 1 JP Sarro 14 1 71 2 5.07 0 0 SC Meaker 21 1 83 0 3.95 0 1 TGR Clark 15 0 58 0 3.86 0 1 JJ Carson 5 0 34 0 6.80 0 0 TJ Haines 2 0 16 0 8.00 0 0 DMW Rawlins 12 1 53 1 4.41 0 0 AD Thomason 3 0 30 0 10.00 0 2 TM Head 4 1 23 1 5.75 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR8.3 angled in on a full length, and squirted straight into the hands of fourth slip. And the fact that there are four slips is a testament to how dominant Northants have been 34/2Extras12 (b 4, lb 6, nb 2)TOTAL215 all out (63.2 Overs, RR: 3.39)Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Tom Haines, 3.5 ov), 2-34 (Aaron Thomason, 8.3 ov), 3-55 (Travis Head, 13.2 ov), 4-68 (Tom Clark, 16.3 ov), 5-159 (Stiaan van Zyl, 44.1 ov), 6-160 (Delray Rawlins, 47.1 ov), 7-169 (Ben Brown, 49.4 ov), 8-194 (Stuart Meaker, 54.6 ov), 9-205 (Ollie Robinson, 58.1 ov), 10-215 (Jack Carson, 63.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB BW Sanderson 22 5 71 5 3.22 0 1 GK Berg 21 5 72 4 3.42 0 0 TAI Taylor 8.2 3 22 1 2.64 0 0 WD Parnell 5 2 17 0 3.40 0 0 RI Keogh 4 0 9 0 2.25 0 0 LA Procter 3 0 14 0 4.66 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Northamptonshire , elected to field first
Season
Match days
6,7,8,9 May 2021 (4-day match)
First-class debut
Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Northamptonshire 24, Sussex 3
Close of Play
- Thu, 6 May - day 1 - Northamptonshire 1st innings 214/5 (SA Zaib 66*, AM Rossington 27*, 51 ov)
- Fri, 7 May - day 2 - Sussex 2nd innings 154/4 (S van Zyl 71*, BC Brown 30*, 43 ov)
- Sat, 8 May - day 3 - no play
- Sun, 9 May - day 4 - Sussex 2nd innings 215 (63.2 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Batting and Bowling points: Northamptonshire 8, Sussex 3
Match Coverage
All Match NewsBen Sanderson, Gareth Berg share 19 wickets as Northamptonshire thrash Sussex
Sanderson claims 10 for the match and Berg nine as Northants win by an innings and 120 runs
Saif Zaib, Adam Rossington hand Northamptonshire healthy first-innings lead
Zaib scores ton in 198-run stand with skipper, Robinson five-for and van Zyl 71* keep Sussex fighting
Gareth Berg, Ben Sanderson claim five-fors to slice through Sussex
Pair bowl Sussex out for 106 before Rob Keogh, Saif Zaib fifties spur Northamptonshire on further
County Championship
| Division 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| NOTTS | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 68 |
| LANCS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 57 |
| WARKS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 56 |
| HANTS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 53 |
| YORKS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 40 |
| SOM | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| Division 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| ESSEX | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 77 |
| GLOUC | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 64 |
| DURH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| NHNTS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 38 |
| SURR | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 27 |
| GLAM | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 |
| Division 3 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| KENT | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
| MIDDX | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 67 |
| WORCS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 49 |
| LEICS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 43 |
| DERBS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 42 |
| SUSS | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| Group 1 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| NOTTS | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 151 |
| WARKS | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 145 |
| DURH | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 132 |
| ESSEX | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 129 |
| WORCS | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 109 |
| DERBS | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 72 |
| Group 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| SOM | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 148 |
| HANTS | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 145 |
| GLOUC | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 131 |
| SURR | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 123 |
| LEICS | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 111 |
| MIDDX | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 84 |
| Group 3 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| LANCS | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 150 |
| YORKS | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 149 |
| GLAM | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 127 |
| NHNTS | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 123 |
| KENT | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 97 |
| SUSS | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 94 |