Cricket: Rawlins & Sussex In Strong Position
Delray Rawlins and his Sussex teammates look set to propel themselves right back into the Specsavers County Championship Second Division promotion race after dominating the third day of the match against Gloucestershire at Bristol.
On the brink of a second successive victory, Sussex posted 370 to establish a first-innings lead of 170 and then reduced their opponents to 197/6 by the close.
Gloucestershire lead by just 27 runs with four second-innings wickets in hand, only Chris Dent, who top-scored with 72, summoned meaningful second-innings resistance for Gloucestershire, whose top-order batting was undermined by a series of soft dismissals, James Bracey, Gareth Roderick and Miles Hammond all falling to ill-advised forcing shots.
Hammond succumbed in meek fashion for 10, taking on spinner Rawlins and top-edging a catch to slip.
Sussex First Inning
- ..64 [83] PD Salt c Bracey b Payne
- ..42 [122] LWP Wells c Bracey b Payne
- ..22 [47] TJ Haines c Bracey b Smith
- ..28 [84] S van Zyl LBW MD Taylor
- ..10 [24] Delray Rawlins c Roderick b Payne
- ..24 [75] BC Brown c Hammond b Charlesworth
- ..67 [97] D Wiese c Charlesworth b Higgins
- ..06 [07] CJ Jordan c Roderick b Charlesworth
- ..40 [76] WAT Beer Hit Wicket b Payne
- ..01 [09] GHS Garton Not Out
- ..06 [10] OE Robinson c JMR Taylor b Higgins
- ..60 Extras [7b-7lb-46nb]
- 370 Total All Out after 101.5 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-100 [Salt], 2-151 [Haines], 3-161 [Wells], 4-177 [Rawlins], 5-221 [van Zyl], 6-259 [Brown], 7-267 [Jordan], 8-359 [Wiese], 9-359 [Beer], 10-370 [Robinson]
Gloucestershire Bowlers
- 29.-10-59-4 DA Payne
- 20.-0-121-0 ST Gabriel
- 23.5-6-73-2 RF Higgins
- 11.-1-38-1 MD Taylor
- 12.-2-38-1 TMJ Smith
- 6.0-0-27-2 BG Charlesworth
Gloucestershire 2nd Inning
- ..18 [40] JR Bracey c Brown b Wiese
- ..72 [103] CDJ Dent c Brown b Garton
- ..08 [07] GH Roderick c Haines b Wiese
- ..10 [45] MAH Hammond c Jordan b Rawlins
- ..23 [62] TMJ Smith c Beer b Robinson
- ..15 [60] BG Charlesworth LBW Robinson
- ..24 [41] RF Higgins Not Out
- ..10 [23] JMR Taylor Not Out
- ..17 Extras [4b-7lb-6nb]
- 197 Total for 6 Wickets after 63 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-48 [Bracey], 2-64 [Roderick], 3-112 [Hammond], 4-128 [Dent], 5-151 [Smith], 6-170 [Charlesworth]
Sussex Bowlers
- 18.-3-46-2 OE Robinson
- 13.-5-28-0 CJ Jordan
- 6.0-1-29-2 D Wiese
- 3.0-0-14-0 TJ Haines
- 7.0-1-15-1 GHS Garton
- 8.0-0-32-1 Delray Rawlins
- 6.0-3-13-0 LWP Wells
- 2.0-0-09-0 WAT Beer
