Evening Update
Sussex began the final session on 88-0 still trailing by 187 runs with Haines cover-driving Timm van der Gugten before Ali Orr lofted Andrew Salter for a straight six to bring up the hundred as news also filtered through from Worcester that Middlesex had secured maximum batting points and, barring any over rate penalties tomorrow, only need a draw at New Road to clinch the second promotion slot.
Orr then deposited Salter over long-on for six before Haines reached his fifty from 83 balls. Orr then bludgeoned successive fours against Patel before lofting him high over long-off. He then steered James Harris through backward point for four to complete his century from 82 balls. Haines also flicked Harris to fine-leg for four before drilling the next ball through the covers – a stroke he repeated in the seamer’s next over. Orr then cover drove Patel before harpooning successive deliveries from Patel over mid-wicket and then lofting the next over long-on for a third consecutive maximum in the over.
On 145, Orr posted a career-best as he played the first of successive reverse-sweeps against Patel before completing his 150 from 123 balls and one run later scoring his 1,000th run of the season. The stand then became Sussex’s best for the first wicket against Glamorgan, beating the 241 by Don Smith and Alan Oakman at the same ground in 1956. Haines then pulled Hogan for four before completing his second hundred of the day from 136 balls by cover-driving Salter for four and wiping off the arrears.
Orr greeted the return of van der Gugten by pulling him for four before Haines drilled Harris for four as the stand became Sussex’s highest for any wicket against Glamorgan beating the 294 added by Luke Wells and Ben Brown for the fifth wicket at Hove in 2016. Orr celebrated by drilling van der Gugten through mid-off before Haines dabbed Harris for four through point to bring up the 300-stand
Afternoon Report
Sussex resumed after lunch on 218-6, still 315 runs in arrears, despite the counter-attack by teenager Charlie Tear and Tom Haines the hour before the interval. Michael Hogan returned to the fray at the Sea End whilst Timm van der Gugten had a second salvo coming down the slope from the Cromwell Road End. Haines continued his captain’s knock by steering the Dutchman to third man for four before pulling Hogan to the ropes at mid-wicket.
Tear then cover-drove Hogan for four before Haines completed his hundred by steering van der Gugten through backward point – his 150th delivery – with Tear next over reaching his maiden Championship fifty from 76 balls by on-driving Hogan. The former pupil of Seaford College then square-drove van der Gugten before Ajaz Patel returned at the Sea End. However, it was the Dutchman who broke through as Tear departed l.b.w. to a full-length delivery from the seamer.
252-7 immediately became 252-8 as Jack Carson was clean bowled with news coming through shortly afterwards from Trent Bridge that Nottinghamshire had taken the ninth Durham wicket to clinch sufficient bonus points to clinch promotion. Patel then trapped Sean Hunt l.b.w. as he played half forward and might have had Haines caught at slip, but a juggling David Lloyd could not clung onto the ball. Next over, van der Gugten struck again as Brad Currie also departed leg before as the follow-on was enforced, despite Haines 108*.
This was only the third time in the Club’s history that they had enforced the follow-on in successive matches with the previous occasions being in June 1933 (v Lancashire at Swansea and v Worcestershire at Llanelli) and June 1957 (v Leicestershire at Coalville and v Somerset at Swansea).
The home captain was back in the middle ten minutes later, with Ali Orr, to begin Sussex’s second innings with 53 overs remaining in the day’s quota plus tomorrow’s 96. Haines duly cover-drove Harris before Orr unfurled a couple of booming straight drives against the seamer. A pair of straight-driven fours by Orr saw Sussex to the 50-mark before Haines clipped van der Gugten to fine-leg for four. Orr then pulled Patel for six before late-cutting him for four followed by a harpooned six high over mid-wicket to complete a 41-ball fifty
Morning Report
Hove has not been a happy hunting ground in recent years for Glamorgan in Championship cricket – for example in 2018, they lost inside two days after being dismissed for 85 and 88 by an attack boasting Ollie Robinson, Jofra Archer, Chris Jordan and David Wiese. Although Sussex have Faheem Ashraf, the Pakistan international, in their ranks for this contest, their attack in 2022 is largely an inexperienced one and yesterday they were also a bowler short as a bout of food poisoning in the Sussex camp, ruled out Fynn Hudson-Prentice plus keeper Chris Tear.
Glamorgan’s batters therefore made hay whilst the sun shone – albeit sporadically in between the squally showers – with centuries by Chris Cooke and Shubman Gill plus a feisty fifty from Ajaz Patel allowing them to Glamorgan declare on 533-9 and set Sussex the task of scoring 384 to avoid the follow-on. They made a breezy start and were 88-1 when bad light stopped play. The overhead conditions, thankfully from a Glamorgan perspective, were much brighter this morning as Timm van der Gugten and Michael Hogan resumed the bowling. Tom Haines cover drove the Dutchman for four in the opening over but Hogan struck with his third delivery as Tom Alsop feathered a ball into Chris Cooke’s gloves.
93-2 saw Tom Clark join Haines who off-drove van der Gugten for four before Clark did the same to Hogan. Haines then completed his fifty from 62 balls before Clark on-drove van der Gugten for four. Haines then cover-drove van der Gugten before Patel and James Harris returned to the attack. The latter immediately struck as Clark edged to Cooke as the Welsh county secured their first bowling point.
136-3 saw Dan Ibrahim make his way to the middle and he opened his account by sweeping Patel for four before on-driving the spinner. But next over, Ibrahim under-edged a pull against Harris as Sussex slipped further to 150-4. Faheem Ashraf off-drove the seamer but next ball gloved a lifting delivery to Cooke. 154-5 then became 157-6 as Hudson-Prentice chipped a ball straight back to Patel.
Charlie Tear square-drove Harris before twice pulling Patel to the mid-wicket ropes, followed by three successive fours with a pair of rasping square-cuts plus another sweep. He then pulled Andrew Salter for four as the 200 came up in the 41st over. The teenager then swatted successive balls from Patel to the boards at mid-wicket before sweeping him to fine-leg.
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