Sussex romp home!
On the back of a fine century from captain Murray Goodwin (unbeaten on 102 from only 80 ball), aided by support play from Montgomerie (27), Adams (28 from 15) and Martin-Jenkins (52 from 42), Sussex made light work of the target to record a five wicket win within 38 overs.
The first wicket partnership was again brittle, with Ward falling early, but Sussex never looked in any real trouble, with runs flowing from the bat. Graeme Welsh and Ian Hunter (0/36 from 7) started tidily, with Welch bowling Ward, and Hunter bogging Montgomerie down, but Goodwin never looked in trouble, scoring at will against the relative inexperienced spin trio of Ant Botha (0/38 off 8), Chris Paget 1/32 (6), and Andrew Gray (3/58 from 7) although Gray did take the vital wickets of Montgomerie, Adams and Hopkinson for a golden duck to slow the Sussex slugfest.
By the time the experienced medium pace of Graeme Welsh (1/71 from 9.3) returned to the bowling crease, Goodwin and Prior were hitting the ball sweetly to draw this mis-match to a close earlier than most would have anticipated at the lunch interval.
On the back of a fine century from captain Murray Goodwin (unbeaten on 102 from only 80 ball), aided by support play from Montgomerie (27), Adams (28 from 15) and Martin-Jenkins (52 from 42), Sussex made light work of the target to record a five wicket win within 38 overs.
The first wicket partnership was again brittle, with Ward falling early, but Sussex never looked in any real trouble, with runs flowing from the bat. Graeme Welsh and Ian Hunter (0/36 from 7) started tidily, with Welch bowling Ward, and Hunter bogging Montgomerie down, but Goodwin never looked in trouble, scoring at will against the relative inexperienced spin trio of Ant Botha (0/38 off 8), Chris Paget 1/32 (6), and Andrew Gray (3/58 from 7) although Gray did take the vital wickets of Montgomerie, Adams and Hopkinson for a golden duck to slow the Sussex slugfest.
By the time the experienced medium pace of Graeme Welsh (1/71 from 9.3) returned to the bowling crease, Goodwin and Prior were hitting the ball sweetly to draw this mis-match to a close earlier than most would have anticipated at the lunch interval.
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