Gloucestershire 177/7 Sussex Sharks 178/5
Result: Sussex Sharks won by 5 wickets
Delray Rawlins teammates Phil Salt and George Garton gunned down a target of 178 with 16 balls to spare to get Sussex off to a winning start in the Vitality Blast with a five-wicket win at Gloucestershire.
Salt, in his first appearance of the season for Sussex, made 77 not out from 49 balls and Garton, who had only made 103 runs in 23 Twenty20s before this, made 46 from only 25 balls as Sussex waltzed home scoring 178/5, Rawlins was out for 9 off six deliveries, hitting 1 six.
The total rendered Gloucestershire’s 177 for seven well short having been sent in. Glenn Phillips made 42 from 27 balls but he and the rest of the order threatened greater damage but Sussex took regular wickets to keep their hosts in check.
Gloucestershire Inning
..16 (09) Miles Hammond c Travis Head b George Garton ..18 (10) Chris Dent c Aaron Thomason b George Garton ..13 (11) Ian Cockbain b Chris Jordan ..42 (27) Glenn Phillips b Chris Jordan ..21 (17) Jack Taylor c Delray Rawlins b Archie Lenham ..24 (18) Benny Howell c Chris Jordan b George Garton ..21 (16) Graeme van Buuren c Delray Rawlins b David Wiese ..06 (09) Matt Taylor Not Out ..04 (03) Tom Smith Not Out ..12 Extras (4lb-8w) 177 Total for 7 wickets after 20 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-30 (Hammond), 2-41 (Dent), 3-49 (Cockbain), 4-77 (Taylor), 5-127 (Phillips), 6-153 (Howell), 7-171 (van Buuren)
Sussex Bowlers
4.0-0-46-1 David Wiese 1.0-0-19-0 Henry Crocombe 4.0-0-19-3 George Garton 4-0-0-35-2 Chris Jordan 3.0-0-20-0 Will Beer 4.0-0-34-1 Archie Lenham
Sussex Inning
..77 (49) Phil Salt Not Out ..02 (05) Travis Head c David Payne b Josh Shaw ..00 (01) Ravi Bopara c & b David Payne ..11 (08) David Wiese b Josh Shaw ..09 (06) Delray Rawlins c Miles Hammond b Graeme van Buuren ..46 (25) George Garton b Josh Shaw ..24 (13) Chris Jordan Not Out ..09 Extras (1lb-4w-4nb) 178 Total for 6 wickets after 17.2 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-12 (Head), 2-13 (Bopara), 3-35 (Wiese), 4-52 (Rawlins), 5-144 (Garton)
Gloucestershire Bowlers
4.0-0-49-1 David Payne 4.0-0-32-3 Josh Shaw 2.0-0-25-0 Matt Taylor 1.0-0-15-1 Graeme van Buuren 3.0-0-29-0 Tom Smith 3.2-0-27-2 Benny Howell
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