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County Championship: Worcs v Sussex – Robinson five-for sets up victory

Sussex survived a late fourth innings scare to secure a three-wicket win over Worcestershire on the third morning of their final County Championship fixture of the season.

The final four wickets of the Worcestershire innings fell inside the first 25 minutes of the third morning, as the hosts could only add 16 runs to their overnight total, Ollie Robinson taking his second five-wicket haul of the match.

Requiring just 61 to win, Sussex made hard work of the chase, eventually reaching 63-7 as Worcestershire seamer Tom Taylor finished with 4-22 to end the season with 58 Division One wickets.

The visitors’ final flourish saw them secure a mid-table finish, while the Pears’ resilient efforts went unrewarded with relegation already confirmed.

Ben Gibbon (13) was the first wicket to fall on a troubling morning for Worcestershire, when he was pinned lbw offering no shot to a Robinson delivery that nipped back and clipped the nightwatchman’s pad.

Gareth Roderick was the next man to depart for 27 as the impressive Jaydev Unadkat who claimed his seventh wicket of a match dominated by the Sussex seamers.

Matthew Waite and Ben Allison were dismissed in successive balls as Robinson finished with 5-74 in the innings, and superb match figures of 11-142.

Sussex lost opener Tom Haines for one to an excellent, diving catch at slip by Rob Jones as Taylor opened his account.

A seemingly routine chase was momentarily thrown into doubt however, as Sussex slipped to 28-4, losing Daniel Hughes (16) and James Coles (0) in consecutive overs courtesy of Taylor and Ben Allison, before the former struck again to have Tom Alsop caught at slip.

Worcestershire refused to go down without a fight and Matthew Waite claimed a wicket with his first ball of his spell, with first-innings centurion John Simpson caught by Rehaan Edavalath after mistiming a pull shot into the deep.

Taylor had Oli Carter lbw before Waite struck for a second time with Sussex still requiring three to win as Jack Carson was trapped in front, but Robinson hit the winning runs through mid-wicket to ensure they ended the season with a win.

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County Championship: Ollie Robinson takes six wickets for Sussex at Worcestershire

Returning to action for the first time since Saturday’s One-Day Cup final triumph, already relegated Worcestershire were brought back down to earth with a bump, as a searing Robinson spell saw the England seamer take four wickets in the first hour.

Youngster Rehaan Edavalath was caught behind with the third ball of the match, before Pears skipper Jake Libby saw his off-stump sent flying after facing just one ball as the Pears fell to 1-2.

Teenager Lategan provided a classy counter-attacking cameo for the hosts, easing the ball through the vacant offside whenever the opportunity arose.

But Robinson continued his unrelenting start to the morning, claiming two further scalps, including that of first-class debutant Isaac Mohammed who was pinned lbw, with a sobering opening hour rounded off with the dismissal of Rob Jones who suffered the same fate, leaving his side in a heap at 36-4.

Lategan continued his riposte but Worcestershire woes deepened with Roderick caught behind off the bowling of Unadkat, before Robinson collected his fifth wicket of a superb spell by removing the key man, Lategan, for his resolute 41.

Robinson almost secured his sixth wicket on a morning session dominated by the bowlers, but the umpires were not convinced Simpson had held on to a rebound catch behind, as lunch was taken with Worcestershire 91-6.

Unadkat picked up where he left off after the resumption as Ethan Brookes became his second victim with a regulation catch provided to Coles at slip.

He took his season’s tally of wickets to 13, after removing Tom Taylor caught behind for nine and trapping Ben Allison in front without scoring as the Pears’ landslide continued.

Robinson completed his six-fer with the wicket of Waite, who was the last man out.

The Pears hit back in resilient fashion as Allison led the way in an inspired early spell, taking three wickets to help reduce Sussex to 67-4.

The seamer first trapped Hughes (24) lbw, before taking a stunning one-handed caught and bowled to remove Carter and bowling Alsop for just one, while Taylor took his 51st Championship wicket of the season to drag the hosts back into the contest.

Simpson and Coles led the Sussex revival however, dominating an afternoon session that saw the fifth wicket pair add 90 runs before tea, with Coles reaching a fluent fifty in the process.

Both batters moved past 1,000 first-class for the season during the evening session, with Coles reaching his century from 105 balls, before he was bowled by Ben Gibbon as Simpson helped close a dominant day for the visitors on 228-5, leading by 105 runs as bad light stopped play.

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County Championship: Day one abandoned at Gloucestershire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, Durham, Sussex and Leicestershire.

Heavy rain and strong winds meant no play was possible on day one in eight of nine County Championship matches.

The Division One top-of-the-table clash between Surrey and Nottinghamshire was the only match to see any action as the championship headed into its penultimate round of matches.

The Division Two match between Gloucestershire and Northamptonshire at Bristol was the first match to be abandoned without a ball bowled at around 14:00 BST, followed soon after by Lancashire versus promotion-chasing Middlesex at Old Trafford.

Derbyshire, who must realistically beat second-placed Glamorgan at Derby to keep their own promotion hopes alive, were left frustrated as the weather ruled out any cricket on day one and there was also no play between Leicestershire and Kent.

In Division One, Durham’s hopes of picking up a vital win against fellow relegation candidates Worcestershire were also delayed until at least the second day at Chester-le-Street.

Durham are six points adrift of safety, while anything less than victory for bottom side Worcestershire will confirm their descent to Division Two.

Play was also abandoned for the day at Hove where both Sussex and Yorkshire were looking to secure their safety from the drop, while Hampshire, who sit just six points above second-bottom Durham, were also denied any play at Taunton.

Warwickshire and Essex will also look to get their match under way at Edgbaston on Tuesday.

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