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In Derby for the Vitality County Championship, Sussex defeated Derbyshire in three days thanks to an incredible reverse swing bowling display from Jayden Seales.
Derbyshire lost by an innings and 124 runs as the 22-year-old West Indian fast bowler took a career-best 5 for 29 and twice went on a hat-trick as Derbyshire collapsed to 109 for 9, Blair Tickner out due to injury.
Danny Lamb scored 37 in the morning before the visitors were bowled out for 479, a lead of 233, setting the stage for Seales’s devastating outburst by taking 2 for 10.
The match concluded with Derbyshire’s New Zealand fast bowler Tickner unable to bat due to his social media revelation that his wife has been diagnosed with a serious illness. Tickner’s revelation destroyed any hope Derbyshire had of averting an innings defeat as they crumbled from 71 for 2.
By the final day, Sussex had a commanding 111-run advantage, and even though Cheteshwar Pujara’s overnight 104 was bolstered by just nine runs, the lower order made sure they would get all the batting points possible.
Daryn Dupavillon took great advantage of the opportunity to remove the overnight duo, giving Derbyshire at least the motivation of a fresh ball that was only three overs old.
Ollie Robinson chipped the spinner to short midwicket after driving Morley for six, and Derbyshire had five overs remaining before lunch when Hudson-Prentice holed out to long on.
Few alarms went off for David Lloyd and Luis Reece, but after the break, once Seales made the initial breakthrough, things changed.
Before Reece hit a long drive towards Hudson-Prentice and continued to play, Lloyd attempted to pull a ball that smacked him on the thigh pad and left him leg before wicket.
With Wayne Madsen leg before wicket to Lamb, hoping to go around midwicket, and Brooke Guest forcing a drive into his stumps, the collapse gained pace.
It was Sussex’s second win of the season but they were deducted a point from their haul of 24 for a slow over rate while Derbyshire finished with three bowling points