Durham players in action (PC: Twitter)
The Final Day of the three County Championship Division Two fixtures resumed on Friday (September 23). Here's a brief report on the action that transpired in Chester-Le-Street, Leicester and Cardiff.
Sussex started Day 4 on 9/4 and were trailing by 288 runs. Nevertheless, the contributions of Tom Haines (37) and James Coles (29) helped them get out of psychological pressure.
Afterwards, Charlie Tear (24) and Faheem Ashraf (26) were the notable run-scorers as they were all-out on a total of 157. Ben Raine scalped five wickets for Durham.
Sussex (1st innings): 162/10
Ali Orr 36 (82), Faheem Ashraf 33 (52);
Paul Coughlin 3/33, Matthew Potts 3/53
Durham (1st innings): 459/7d
Michael Jones 96 (193), Nic Maddinson 90 (100);
James Coles 3/91, Danial Ibrahim 1/56
Sussex (2nd innings): 157/10
Tom Haines 37 (62), James Coles 29 (82);
Ben Raine 5/54
Result: Durham won by an innings and 140 runs
Leicestershire resumed Day 4 on an overnight score of 13/4, and needed 262 more runs to win the game. Soon, the dismissal of keeper Harry Swindells put them under the pump. However, the experienced Colin Ackermann and Tom Scriven added 34 runs for the sixth wicket.
Ackermann made his way back to the hut for 80 of 156, courtesy of Sam Robson. In the end, Chris Wright remained unbeaten on 36 as Leicestershire were all-out for 194 and lost the game by 80 runs.
Middlesex (1st innings): 297/10
John Simpson 92 (177), Stephen Eskinazi 64 (143);
Michael Finan 5/58, Callum Parkinson 2/37
Leicestershire (1st innings): 294/10
Harry Swindells 67 (180), Tom Scriven 65 (120);
Toby Roland-Jones 4/70, Luke Hollman 2/32
Middlesex (2nd innings): 271/10
Max Holden 91 (112), Mark Stoneman 81 (143);
Callum Parkinson 4/69, Rehan Ahmed 3/50
Leicestershire (2nd innings) - 194/10
Colin Ackermann 80 (156), Chris Wright 36 (37);
Toby Roland-Jones 4/50, Sam Robson 2/28
Result: Middlesex won by 80 runs
At the start of the Final Day, Derbyshire were at 123/3 and trailing by 174 runs. The experienced Wayne Madsen was terrific to deliver a knock of 77 off 163 balls, while Leus du Plooy hit 66 off 111 balls.
Afterwards, Anuj Dal (25) and Sam Conners (23) were the key contributors as they were dismissed for 273. James Harris and Timm van der Gugten picked three wickets each for the Glamorgan team.
Glamorgan (1st innings): 550/5
David Lloyd 313* (398), Billy Root 79 (147);
Anuj Dal 2/67, Luis Reece 1/89
Derbyshire (1st innings): 253/10
Anuj Dal 92 (212), Harry Came 64 (216);
Ajaz Patel 5/68, Timm van der Gugten 3/37
Derbyshire 2nd innings (Following on): 273/10
Wayne Madsen 77 (163), Leus du Plooy 66 (111),
Timm van der Gugten 3/41, James Harris 3/59
Result: Glamorgan won by an innings and 24 runs
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