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Middlesex 676/5 Declared Sussex 319 & 88/3

End of Day – Play - Sussex trail by 269 runs with 7 wickets remaining

Delray Rawlins Sussex teammate Tom Haines scored a career-best 156 and came within 18 runs of becoming the first batsman to score a thousand runs in this year's Championship on an otherwise disappointing day for Sussex.

The home side's first-innings collapse of nine wickets for 97 runs allowed Middlesex to glimpse victory in their LV = Insurance County Championship match at The 1st Central County Ground.

Middlesex leg-spinner Luke Hollman took a career-best five for 65 including Rawlins who went without scoring on a flat pitch on which only six wickets had fallen in the opening seven sessions. Sussex, following on 357 runs behind, then lost Ali Orr, Ben Brown, and Sean Hunt and closed on 88-3. Haines (39*) and George Garton (9*) were the unbeaten duo at the close.

Sussex 1st Inning

..18 (95) Ali Orr c John Simpson b Blake Cullen
156 (225) Tom Haines c John Simpson b Tim Murtagh
..80 (104) Ben Brown st John Simpson b Luke Hollman
..10 (18) George Garton c Robbie White b Luke Hollman
..05 (29) Dan Ibrahim c Luke Hollman b Sam Robson
..25 (35) Fynn Hudson-Prentice c John Simpson b Tim Murtagh
..05 (20) Oli Carter c Holden b Luke Hollman
..00 (07) Delray Rawlins b Luke Hollman
..00 (02) Jack Carson c John Simpson b Luke Hollman
..00 (05) Henry Crocombe b Martin Andersson
..02 (06) Sean Hunt Not Out
..18 Extras (9b-5lb-4nb)
319 Total All Out after 95.4 overs

Fall of Wickets: 1-104 (Orr), 2-222 (Brown), 3-250 (Garton), 4-271 (Ibrahim), 5-307 (Hudson-Prentice), 6-308 (Haines), 7-308 (Rawlins), 8-308 (Carson), 9-317 (Carter), 10-319 (Crocombe)

Middlesex Bowlers

16.-5-28-2 Tim Murtagh
20.-2-99-1 Blake Cullen
13.4-3-47-1 Martin Andersson
24.-11-58-0 Thilan Walallawita
20.-5-65-5 Luke Hollman
2.0-0-08-1 Sam Robson

Sussex 2nd Inning

..20 (64) Ali Orr b Luke Hollman
..39 (66) Tom Haines Not Out
..10 (13) Ben Brown st John Simpson b Luke Hollman
..00 (13) Sean Hunt LBW Sam Robson
..09 (0) George Garton Not Out
..10 Extras (1b-7lb-2nb
..88 Total for 3 wickets after 27 overs

Fall of Wickets: 1-58 (Orr), 2-74 (Brown), 3-79 (Hunt)

Middlesex Bowlers

4.0-2-03-0 Tim Murtagh
3.0-0-13-0 Blake Cullen
7.0-0-22-0 Thilan Walallawita
3.0-0-15-0 Martin Andersson
7.0-3-16-2 Luke Hollman
3.0-0-11-1 Sam Robson