Sussex rocked in the rain
3:41pm Thursday 7th June 2012
Sussex slumped from 81-2 to 90-6 in the six overs that were possible before it began to rain at Horsham today.
The county had begun the day in a strong position as they replied to Surrey's total of 124 but got off to the worst possible start when skipper Mike Yardy was out first ball to Stuart Meaker.
Joe Gatting followed 13 balls later when he was bowled by Meaker before play was held up by brief shower.
Luke Wright was caught behind off Murali Kartik five balls after the resumption and a miserable period was concluded when Ben Brown was trapped lbw by Meaker before the heavens opened and washed out the rest of the day.
Including Chris Nash's dismissal late yesterday it meant Sussex had lost five wickets for seven runs in the space of 28 balls.
Meaker's figures this morning were 3-3 from three overs.
Luke Wells remains unbeaten on 38 after watching the carnage this morning from the other end.
Source: www.theargus.co.uk
Sussex v Surrey at Horsham: Play abandoned - wscountytimes.co.uk
Sussex have struggled to 90-6 on a rain affected second day of their County Championship match against Surrey at Horsham.
Resuming on 81-2, having dismissed the away side for 124 yesterday, Sussex were soon in trouble when Mike Yardy fell to the first ball of the day, fending a short Stuart Meaker ball into the hands of Mark Ramprakash at gully.
Joe Gatting soon followed, clean bowled by Meaker in his second over of the day, the Surrey paceman uprooting Gatting’s off-stump for two. That was the final action before a 40 minute rain-break, and upon the resumption Luke Wright last five balls before he feather a catch behind to Steve Davies off Murali Kartik. Surrey wicketkeeper Davies had been called into the England squad, but rushed back to Horsham this morning after Matt Prior was passed fit to play in the Third Test against the West Indies at Edgbaston.
The last action of the day saw Ben Brown (1) trapped LBW by the lively Meaker, before the rain arrived to force the teams off before lunch. With the Cricketfield Road outfield now sodden, play has now been abandoned until tomorrow morning
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Sussex are handed thrashing at the home of cricket - thisissussex.co.uk
IT HAS been a week of frustration for Sussex after they lost at Lord's against Middlesex in the LV> County Championship, before seeing their CB40 clash with Unicorns washed out due to the weather.
Sussex fell to a crushing 10-wicket defeat at the home of cricket last week, with Middlesex requiring only 18 runs in their second innings to win the match.
Batting first, Sussex were bowled out for 283, with Ed Joyce (77) and Ben Brown (70) the only two of the top seven batsmen to score more than 15 runs.
Contributions from Sussex's lower order helped push them to a respectable first innings score, but in reply, Middlesex amassed a huge 491 in their first innings.
Five batsmen scored half-centuries, with opener Chris Rogers falling just two short of his century.
Chris Nash claimed three wickets for Sussex (3-45), while James Anyon and Steve Magoffin picked up two wickets each, with Luke Wright, Monty Panesar and Naveed Arif Gondal each taking one.
Sussex were then bowled out for 225 in their second innings, with Brown (53) the only Sussex batsman to register a half-century.
That left Middlesex with the relatively simple task of scoring 18 runs to win, which they did in just 3.5 overs.
The result left Sussex in sixth place in Division One, while Middlesex cemented their position in fourth.
Meanwhile on Sunday, Sussex were left frustrated after rain saw their CB40 clash with Unicorns at Southend abandoned without a ball being bowled.
This ruined Sussex's 100 per cent record in the competition, and the Sharks were knocked off top spot on Monday, when Warwickshire thrashed Derbyshire.
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