Rawlins Takes Wickets To Help Sussex Win
Delray Rawlins and his Sussex teammates completed a comprehensive eight-wicket win over Gloucestershire on the final day at Bristol to further boost their Division Two promotion hopes.
Phil Salt and Stiaan van Zyl staged an unbroken third-wicket stand of 41 as Sussex successfully chased down a modest victory target of 74 with 52 overs to spare to move to within 11 points of the promotion places with two games to play.
Any lingering hopes that Gloucestershire, who resumed on 197-6, might retrieve a parlous situation were dashed when their last four wickets yielded only 46 runs more as they were dismissed for 243 in their second innings. Chris Jordan and Rawlins claimed two wickets apiece to prevent the tail wagging and raise the prospect of an inside-the-distance victory.
Rawlins picked up 2 wickets for four runs in the morning session in 2.4 overs to claim figures of 10.4-0-36-3.
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
- ..27 [51] RF Higgins c Robinson b Jordan
- ..10 [24] JMR Taylor c Brown b Jordan
- ..13 [41] DA Payne c Jordan b Delray Rawlins
- ..28 [45] MD Taylor Not Out
- ..02 [09] ST Gabriel b Delray Rawlins
- ..17 Extras [4b-7lb-6nb]
- 243 Total All Out after 80.4 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-48 [Bracey], 2-64 [Roderick], 3-112 [Hammond], 4-128 [Dent], 5-151 [Smith], 6-170 [Charlesworth], 7-200 [Taylor], 8-201 [Higgins], 9-239 [Payne], 10-243 [Gabriel]
Sussex Bowlers
- 21.-5-50-2 OE Robinson
- 18.-5-51-2 CJ Jordan
- 6.0-1-29-2 D Wiese
- 3.0-0-14-0 TJ Haines
- 11.-1-24-1 GHS Garton
- 10.4-0-36-3 Delray Rawlins
- 6.0-3-13-0 LWP Wells
- 5.0-1-5-0 WAT Beer
Sussex 2nd Inning
- ..30 [54] PD Salt Not Out
- ..02 [21] LWP Wells c Charlesworth b Payne
- ..10 [35] TJ Haines C Bracey b MD Taylor
- ..30 [30] S van Zyl Not Out
- ..02 Extras [2nb]
- ..74 Total for 2 Wickets after 23.1 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-13 [Wells], 2-33 [Haines]
Gloucestershire Bowlers
- 6.0-0-13-1 DA Payne
- 6.0-0-11-0 RF Higgins
- 5.0-0-19-0 BG Charlesworth
- 5.1-0-19-1 MD Taylor
- 1.0-0-12-0 JMR Taylor
