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Rothesay County Championship, Division One, County Ground, Hove (three days)
Glamorgan 155 & 268: Tribe 64, Kellaway 55; Haynes 3-5, Coles 3-34
Sussex 521: Coles 224*, Hughes 72, Haynes 48; Norton 3-119
Sussex (23pts) beat Glamorgan (2pts) by an innings and 98 runs
Sussex County moved to the top of the Championship Division One with their fourth win in seven matches after beating Glamorgan by an innings and 98 runs in three days at Hove.
In the absence of England’s Olly Robinson, captain Tom Haynes led the way with his solid medium pace taking three for just five runs, but there were three for James Cole and two for Dom Goodman on debut after being called up in place of England-bound Henry Crowcombe during the match.
Determined Glamorgan batting frustrated the Sussex bowlers for most of the day but the visiting team lost two wickets just before lunch and three more shortly after tea to seal their fate.
Glamorgan resumed for 42 not out, still trailing by 324, but perhaps inspired by memories of their second innings 737 to save the match here three years ago after being 358 behind in the first innings.
Openers Zain-ul-Hasan and Asa Tribe batted with great tenacity against the various Sussex bowlers.
Tribe reached fifty in 98 deliveries when he worked Jake Carson through midwicket for his sixth four. The century came in the 35th over and Ul-Hasan had scored just 25 runs at that stage.
Ten minutes before lunch Haynes edged the ball to spinner Coles and the move worked when Ul-Hasan clipped his second ball hard off his toe only for Tom Alsop at short-leg, to pull off a fine reflex catch.
Three overs later, the last before lunch, Glamorgan lost their second wicket when Tribe was bowled by Carson who spun sharply.
The last over before the break was a surprise as the clock read 1.00pm when the umpires allowed another over.
Glamorgan were 92 for one in the afternoon session when Ben Kellaway, who hit seven fours in his 55, leg before, to one from half-forward, Haynes.
At 212-3 at tea, Glamorgan could have been proud of their rearguard action, but in the last ball of the first over after the break, Colin Ingram edged Haynes to Alsop at first slip for a pair.
Two overs later Kieron Carlson was run out for 32 off Dom Goodman at square-leg, slipping after being sent back by Shaun Dickson.
And three wickets in four overs when Dickson, playing a wide delivery from Haines, was caught by Jack Leaning at second slip.
The 42-run stand ended in the seventh wicket when Chris Cook, who had been caught at slip on a no-ball, was lbw to Coles.
Goodman took his first wicket for Sussex when he caught Tom van der Googen and Tom Norton in the same over before Coles – who scored a double century on the second day – ended the game by bowling the latter to Ryan Hadley.
Report by ECB Reporters Network, supported by Rothesay.
Sussex captain Tom Haynes:
“I’m very happy. Glamorgan are a good team. They’ve come up and shocked a few big teams.
“We knew we were in for a scrap. But we got on with the game. It was a big toss for us. But we still had to do the job and we did. We’ve now got an extra day off for the Ray bowlers before they play Hampshire at the end of the week.
“Simo (John Simpson) hasn’t bowled me much in the last two years but Robo has bowled me a bit more this year.
“It was a team performance though. Jaydev (Unadkat) bowled 20 overs of first-class stuff and didn’t get a wicket in the second innings.”
Glamorgan head coach Richard Dawson:
“We had a poor performance. Sussex put us under pressure throughout the game.
“We’ve had a few half-centuries here and there and a few partnerships but we haven’t been big enough. We know that.
When we’ve won games this season we’ve put together big partnerships and done so consistently. But we didn’t do that this week.
“The toss was important. It was tough on the first day. But Sussex had a good attack for all conditions. Two good spinners. Good seam bowlers, left-handed right-armers. We knew it was going to be a challenge, and it was.”
