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3 days ago
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Robinson and Carter sign new Sussex contracts
England bowler Ollie Robinson and wicket-keeper-batter Oli Carter have both signed two-year contract extensions with have made a strong start to the County Championship season, sitting third in the table after winning promotion to Division One last bowler Robinson, 31, has taken 369 wickets in 85 first-class matches at an average of 21.04 in red ball cricket since making his Sussex debut 10 years has also earned 20 Test caps for England, playing in the 2023 home Ashes series, but has not represented the national team since February 2024. Robinson has 18 wickets in five Division One matches so far this season."I'm really pleased to have signed a new contract with Sussex," he told the club's website, external. "This club has played a massive role in my journey, and it's a place that means a great deal to me. I'm proud to continue representing the badge and contributing both on and off the field." Carter, 23, has made 63 appearances for Sussex across all formats since his debut in has scored 1,921 runs in 36 red ball matches at an average of 33.70."The club is going in such an exciting direction and I can't wait to win more games and hopefully more trophies with the club," Carter said. "Hove is such a special place so I can't wait to keep making more memories here."
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25-05-2025
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Carson spins Sussex to win over Hampshire
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Utilita Bowl (day three) Hampshire 154 & 165: Dawson 48, Middleton 32; Carson 5-26 Sussex 297: Simpson 106*, Hudson-Prentice 74; Turner 3-54 & 23-1 Sussex (20 pts) beat Hampshire (3 pts) by nine wickets Match scorecard Jack Carson's five-wicket haul wrapped up a simple three-day victory for Sussex as they won on the road for the first time in the County Championship this season. Off spinner Carson found turn, bounce and a bagful of Hampshire wickets as he ripped through three of the four remaining batters to pick up 5-26 – his best of the campaign. Hampshire were bowled out for 165, and despite Oli Carter falling, Tom Haines and Tom Alsop easily knocked off the 23 runs needed to take them past the winning line before lunch. Sussex's third win of their return to Division One came with 20 points, to keep tabs on the leading title contenders. Hampshire began the day trailing by 29 runs, they had only whittled that down to 15 before Brad Wheal turned Carson around the corner to leg slip. There was a mini-flash point when James Fuller and bowler Nathan McAndrew collided during a single. Liam Dawson was not impressed, although the umpires calmed things quickly. Dawson took the hosts into a slender lead, his two accompanied by a huge cheer, but just 10 runs later he tried to ride Carson's turn, but tickled behind to John Simpson. Dawson had been the main hope for Hampshire to test Sussex, but his exit for 48 saw Kyle Abbott edge to slip three balls later. Henry Crocombe put Hampshire out of their misery when John Turner prodded a short ball to short leg. Dawson managed to get Carter's edge but it was a rare moment of joy as Sussex ticked off the runs in under 15 minutes. It was a particularly revered victory for the visitors, with strike bowler Ollie Robinson rested with an ankle injury and overseas opener Daniel Hughes absent awaiting the birth of his first child. Captain John Simpson had noted his side had "punched above expectation" so far this season. They leapfrogged Hampshire with the win, and also kept in touching distance of the title pacesetters. Simpson's third century of the season, in a 173-run stand with Fynn Hudson-Prentice, was the difference in the match, while Crocombe's first appearance of the season was a huge success – four explosive wickets in the first innings were followed by a tidy 2-44 in the second. For Hampshire, it was their first home defeat in the Championship since July 2023, with this only their fourth loss at Utilita Bowl since April 2019. Although this fixture was the first between the two south coast counties in a decade, Sussex have still only lost once on this ground in 10 red ball outings – 20 years ago. Hampshire have endured a rollercoaster trio of matches heading into the T20 Blast portion of the season. A dismal performance against Nottinghamshire was followed by a sensational victory at Edgbaston, which reignited excitement of a potential title charge, only for a seven session mauling. Their six batting bonus points in the first block is only better than bottom-side Worcestershire, with only Ben Brown of the regulars to average over 40. Only he and Nick Gubbins have recorded centuries. They did not get a batting point in this match, and only took three points from a dire week. ECB Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay Notifications, social media and more with BBC Sport
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25-05-2025
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Carson spins Sussex to win over Hampshire
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Utilita Bowl (day three)Hampshire 154 & 165: Dawson 48, Middleton 32; Carson 5-26Sussex 297: Simpson 106*, Hudson-Prentice 74; Turner 3-54 & 23-1Sussex (20 pts) beat Hampshire (3 pts) by nine wicketsMatch scorecard Jack Carson's five-wicket haul wrapped up a simple three-day victory for Sussex as they won on the road for the first time in the County Championship this spinner Carson found turn, bounce and a bagful of Hampshire wickets as he ripped through three of the four remaining batters to pick up 5-26 – his best of the were bowled out for 165, and despite Oli Carter falling, Tom Haines and Tom Alsop easily knocked off the 23 runs needed to take them past the winning line before third win of their return to Division One came with 20 points, to keep tabs on the leading title contenders. Hampshire began the day trailing by 29 runs, they had only whittled that down to 15 before Brad Wheal turned Carson around the corner to leg was a mini-flash point when James Fuller and bowler Nathan McAndrew collided during a single. Liam Dawson was not impressed, although the umpires calmed things took the hosts into a slender lead, his two accompanied by a huge cheer, but just 10 runs later he tried to ride Carson's turn, but tickled behind to John had been the main hope for Hampshire to test Sussex, but his exit for 48 saw Kyle Abbott edge to slip three balls Crocombe put Hampshire out of their misery when John Turner prodded a short ball to short managed to get Carter's edge but it was a rare moment of joy as Sussex ticked off the runs in under 15 was a particularly revered victory for the visitors, with strike bowler Ollie Robinson rested with an ankle injury and overseas opener Daniel Hughes absent awaiting the birth of his first John Simpson had noted his side had "punched above expectation" so far this season. They leapfrogged Hampshire with the win, and also kept in touching distance of the title pacesetters. Simpson's third century of the season, in a 173-run stand with Fynn Hudson-Prentice, was the difference in the match, while Crocombe's first appearance of the season was a huge success – four explosive wickets in the first innings were followed by a tidy 2-44 in the Hampshire, it was their first home defeat in the Championship since July 2023, with this only their fourth loss at Utilita Bowl since April this fixture was the first between the two south coast counties in a decade, Sussex have still only lost once on this ground in 10 red ball outings – 20 years have endured a rollercoaster trio of matches heading into the T20 Blast portion of the season.A dismal performance against Nottinghamshire was followed by a sensational victory at Edgbaston, which reignited excitement of a potential title charge, only for a seven session six batting bonus points in the first block is only better than bottom-side Worcestershire, with only Ben Brown of the regulars to average over 40. Only he and Nick Gubbins have recorded did not get a batting point in this match, and only took three points from a dire Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
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12-05-2025
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Libby century not enough as Sussex defeat Worcs
Rothesay County Championship Division One, 1st Central County Ground, Hove (day four)Sussex 284 & 256: Alsop 72, Coles 68; Allison 3-52, Singh 3-58Worcestershire 180 & 313: Libby 167, Nicholls 34; Karvelas 3-52, Robinson 3-66Sussex (20 pts) beat Worcestershire (3 pts) by 47 runs Match scorecard Sussex's persevering seam attack finally broke Worcestershire's determined resistance – led by Jake Libby's 167 – to claim their second win since promotion back to Division One in the County opposition player loves batting at Hove more than Libby, who has now made the three highest scores of his career at the 1st Central County while he was there to anchor their chase, Worcestershire looked capable of overhauling a target of having seen off another testing spell by Ollie Robinson with the new ball, Libby was caught off Robinson's replacement Fynn Hudson-Prentice. His was the eighth wicket to fall with 75 still needed, and Robinson got belated rewards for an excellent performance when took the last two wickets after tea to seal victory by 47 was little assistance in the pitch, even on the fourth day, for Sussex's spinners, so it was left to their seam bowlers – led by the indefatigable Robinson – to take the seven wickets needed at the start of the final day which began with Worcestershire requiring was no surprise that Libby offered supreme resistance. He made his career-best 215 in this fixture in 2022 followed by 198 a year later. Here, having resumed on 64, he batted superbly - especially against Robinson, who beat the bat on numerous occasions, regularly challenged the stumps, and could easily have finished with five or six a nine-over spell at the start of the day Robinson thought he had removed Libby on 86 to a catch behind the wicket, but umpire James Middlebrook remained unmoved and shortly before lunch Libby moved to the 18th first-class hundred of his career, from 180 had picked up nightwatchman Ben Allison in the second over of the day but Sussex only took one more wicket in the morning session when Ethan Brookes played on to Ari Brett D'Oliveira helped Libby put on 81 in 22 overs either side of lunch with few alarms, but with the new ball due Tom Clark made an important breakthrough when he bowled D'Oliveira through the gate for Waite then gave Libby solid support. They survived another outstanding spell by the luckless Robinson down the slope with Waite batting for an hour before Karvelas tempted him into driving at an outswinger and James Coles took a sharp, low catch at third still looked as if he could still guide Worcestershire home but when Hudson-Prentice replaced Robinson he broke through straight away, tempting Libby into a rare loose drive which Clark, diving to his right, clung onto at second slip. Libby had batted for six and a half hours, faced 252 balls and hit 22 fours, and departed to a fully deserved ovation from an appreciative Sussex Singh was put down behind the stumps by John Simpson off Jack Carson on seven but it did not prove costly. Robinson returned for a third spell after tea and finally got some belated reward when Singh took on a short ball and Tom Haines raced in from the mid-wicket boundary to take a well-judged wrapped up victory in emphatic style in his next over when he sent Ben Gibbon's off stump cartwheeling to finish with 3-66 from 29.2 Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
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10-05-2025
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Hudson-Prentice puts Sussex in control against Pears
Rothesay County Championship Division One, 1st Central County Ground, Hove (day two)Sussex 284: Carson 102; Taylor 5-56 & 66-3: Coles 27*Worcestershire 180: Nicholls 32, Taylor 32; Hudson-Prentice 5-40Sussex 4 pts, Worcestershire 3 ptsMatch scorecard Fynn Hudson-Prentice picked up a career-best 5-40 with his medium pace as Sussex took control of their County Championship match against Worcestershire on the second bowling Worcestershire out for 180, Sussex then stretched their overall lead to 170 by reaching 66-3 in their second innings by stumps, with Tom Alsop and James Coles confidently seeing out the day on 24 and 27 not out was a scare for Sussex at the start of their second innings when they lost left-handed openers Tom Haines and Daniel Hughes, both for nought and without a run on the was bowled through an attempted drive by Tom Taylor, coming from around the wicket, and Hughes lost his off stump shouldering arms to one from Ben Allison – again bowled from an around the wicket angle, but which also nipped further in off the Sussex were 18-3 when Taylor, following up his first innings 5-56, pinned Tom Clark lbw for 10 with one that kept a little low. Alsop and Coles, however, calmed Sussex nerves in an unbroken stand of first dismissed opener Jake Libby for 13 as Worcestershire struggled to make much headway against Sussex's seam attack before lunch, and then took three wickets in three overs during a mid-afternoon spell that contributed significantly to Division One's bottom team slumping to 111-8 in reply to the home side's first innings ninth wicket pair of Brett D'Oliveira and Taylor then added a defiant 51, playing some excellent shots amid a largely defensive rearguard action, but D'Oliveira edged the second ball after tea to a diving Coles at second slip to go for was a second wicket for Clark, who finished with 2-29 and bowled his own medium pacers with good control in support of Hudson-Prentice, Ollie Robinson (2-31) and Ari claimed only one scalp, Gareth Roderick edging to first slip on 21 midway through the morning session, but he also bowled a challenging line and length throughout an excellent afternoon spell on a well-grassed pitch that was always giving the seamers had quickly removed nightwatchman Ben Gibbon, caught behind for four, after Worcestershire resumed on seven without loss and they would have been more than three down at lunch if Kashif Ali had not been dropped at first slip from the second ball he however, edged a push-drive at Robinson to keeper John Simpson on 13 soon after lunch, beginning a slide in which five wickets fell for 37 runs in 15 Nicholls, who battled two hours for his 32, was the first victim in Hudson-Prentice's mid-afternoon treble, undone by movement off the seam as he played defensively forward, and Ethan Brookes departed for 20 four overs later, again edging a Hudson-Prentice leg-cutter to balls later Matthew Waite was also back in the pavilion, pushing half-forward at Hudson-Prentice and nicking yet another catch to Waite, the left-handed Fateh Singh fell for nought as James Hayes – the 23-year-old seamer on loan from Nottinghamshire – flew to his right at mid-wicket to pull off a superb catch goalkeeper-style as Singh clipped Clark firmly off his D'Oliveira-Taylor partnership at least gave Worcestershire some hope of staying in the contest but, after D'Oliveira's dismissal, only another 18 runs were added before Hudson-Prentice ended Taylor's brave 32 courtesy of Simpson's sixth catch of the Reporters Network, supported by Rothesay
