Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford (day two) Sussex 275: Leaning 60; Porter 4-44 & 90-4: Coles 29*; Harmer 2-19 Essex 177: Allison 56; Crocombe 5-39 Sussex (4 pts) lead Essex (3 pts) by 188 runs Match scorecard Henry Crocombe claimed his second hat-trick in a week, and third five-wicket haul
Durham seamer Brydon Carse has not been included in either squad to face Sri Lanka. The 31-year-old was dropped for the second Test of the current series against Pakistan after he was briefly arrested following an incident outside a Derby nightclub on 22 August. Derbyshire police are continuing to investigate an allegation of assault in
Sussex broke through with the first delivery of the second over when a leg-side delivery from Sean Hunt was flicked up in the air by Tom Lammonby and Jaydev Unadkat took a fine juggling catch at long leg, just managing to stay within the boundary rope as he did so. Josh Thomas looked full of
Surrey have signed fast bowler Henry Crocombe from cash-strapped Sussex for the 2027 season. The 24-year-old has taken 182 wickets in 113 matches across all formats for his boyhood county, and last month was called up to the England squad for the second Test against New Zealand. Crocombe said he was leaving Sussex “with a
