Sussex v Durham - County Championship Division One – Day 3 – Live Score Update
Durham 231 & 80/7 (25.4 ov) v Sussex 231 - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Durham-c782 lead by 80 runs with 3 wickets remaining
In the ongoing County Championship Division One, Durham lead by 80 runs with three wickets in hand against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sussex-c852 at stumps, on the third day of play, at Arundel Castle Cricket Club Ground.
The day began with Sussex resuming their first innings from a tally of 100 runs for the loss of three wickets, with MW Goodwin on an overnight tally of 14 and, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MH-Yardy-c1946, standing on 29.
Having been jabbed for 231 runs by the hands of Durham, Sussex knew they needed to put a strong show in order to subdue this total.
With 110 runs on the board, the side suffered the loss of their first wicket of the day when Goodwin fell after scoring 18 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LJ-Wright-c1841 was then the next man to face the music, as he came in the middle at a time when Durham bowlers were fancying their chances of making a few more breakthroughs.
Sussex were left stunned when with 119 runs on the scoreboard, they lost the services of Wright, who perished after scoring only four runs.
The arrival of wicketkeeper/batsman, BC Brown, changed everything as he forged a stupendous alliance with his skipper, taking the score to 188 runs, before the lethal partnership came to its end on the wicket of Yardy, who hit the showers after jabbing an innings of 66 runs.
Brown was then left without much options, as the remaining batsmen failed to provide him the much needed support. Nonetheless, the batsman managed to hammer an under pressure innings of 51 runs to help the side amass a first innings total of 231 runs.
From Durham, C Rushworth and CD Thorp were the top bowlers as they grabbed four wickets each.
Meanwhile, Durham suffered a terrible batting collapse in their second innings, as they were reduced to 80 runs for the loss of seven wickets by the end of the day.
Sussex bowler, SJ Magoffin, exhibited dominance by nabbing four wickets in his 10 overs.
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