Northamptonshire vs Sussex – Clydesdale Bank 40 Group C – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LJ-Wright-c1841 half-century lifts Sussex
An aggressive half-century from Luke Wright lifted Sussex to top of the Clydesdale Bank 40 Group C table, beating Northamptonshire by 12 runs in a low-scoring affair at the County Ground, Northampton, on May 20, 2012.
Despite Wright’s fluent 59, the hosts were in contention to kick-start their CB40 campaign on a high after they had limited Sussex to 180 courtesy a four-wicket haul from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Sales-c1337 top scoring with 51.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 T20 specialist was another of many national team players making a return from their Indian Premier League stints. Wright had flown back early from his sub-continent endeavours after claiming that he was down with dengue fever.
After undergoing various blood tests, he made his first appearance of the season for Sussex – adding 73 for the first wicket with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ed-Joyce-c1417. Their stand, eventually, proved to be the most productive as the middle-order crumbled to some excellent bowling from Daggett.
The medium-pacer sent back http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sussex-c852 struggled thereafter.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Con-de-Lange-c1280, the remaining four batters added just 33 as Sussex closed on a disappointing 180 in 35.4 overs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KJ-Coetzer-c1798. He was aided by David Sales, who went on to score 51, as the duo added 58 for the third-wicket.
Peters’ wicket, where he perished off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Will-Beer-c2792. The spinner further kept the scoring rate under check as well, ending with impressive figures of 8-1-21-2.
Skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Hall-c1040 was the only player from the lower order to contribute but Northamptonshire failed to recover after that, and eventually folded on 168 in 40 overs.
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