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BBC News
24-06-2025
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Sussex edge ahead of Durham on weather-hit day
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Banks Homes Riverside (day three)Sussex 361 & 111-4: Coles 53; Potts 2-19Durham 327: Ackermann 65, Clark 51; Sandhu 5-83Sussex (6 pts) lead Durham (5 pts) by 145 runsMatch scorecard Sussex edged in front of Durham but a weather-affected day makes the draw the most likely outcome of this Division One County Championship bowler Gurinder Sandhu took four wickets in the morning to finish with 5-83 as Durham were bowled out for 327, a deficit of 34 after the first the visitors had fallen to 27-3 in the game's third innings, James Coles added 53 to his unbeaten 148 in the first there were four separate stoppages for rain and bad light over the last two sessions until play was finally called with Sussex with their lead still only 145, it will take something exceptional on the final day for either side to force a victory. Resuming on 249-5, Durham had seen Graham Clark go on to a half-century before he gloved behind a short ball from Ollie Robinson to be out for their chances of taking a first innings lead disappeared thanks to a series of rash strokes from the lower order as they lost their last four wickets for Drissell fell for eight as he was caught in the deep, taking on a short ball from Sandhu, while Ben Raine departed for 10, caught driving the same bowler to extra Potts (two) was caught behind off an excellent delivery from Robinson before last man Sam Conners tried to take on a short ball from Sandhu and gloved it behind to be out for left the 32-year-old with a five-wicket haul on his Sussex debut and stole the headlines from Jofra his return to red-ball cricket, the England fast bowler finished with 1-32 from 18 economical he did not take a wicket on day three, he generated good pace and showed no ill effects of bowling on consecutive days. England paceman Potts had Daniel Hughes playing on for a duck in the second ball after lunch before Raine had Tom Haines caught behind for when Potts got Tom Clark to drag one on during a hostile spell, Sussex were in a spot of trouble, still only 61 they were indebted to Coles, who brought up a half-century off 65 balls including 10 fours to lead the was bowled by one from Raine that kept a bit low to end a partnership of 73 with Danial Ibrahim and it was not long after that when persistent rain arrived to end the day 32 overs early.
BBC News
30-01-2025
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Sussex sign seamer Sandhu for 2025 spell
Sussex have signed overseas seamer Gurinder Sandhu for June and July during the 2025 comes in as additional cover for the county due to a change of availability of Jaydev Unadkat, who had signed a new two-year deal with the club in October but is now only available for the final three red-ball games in 31, will be available for four County Championship games as well as the T20 Blast if Australian has taken 151 wickets in 55 first-class matches across his career and is most recently played for Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League."He will add real skill and experience to our bowling attack for those games," said Sussex head coach Paul Farbrace."He is a vastly experienced performer and is very skillful with the ball. The fact that all four games are being played with a Kookaburra ball means he will be very comfortable with that type of ball."
