MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2023

Worcestershire v Sussex

Group 2 · County Ground, Worcester · 4 May 2023 – 7 May 2023

Match drawn Rain likely

Worcestershire 1st innings26455 overs

Sussex 1st innings37389.2 overs

Worcestershire 2nd innings251/896.4 overs

Worcestershire 1st innings 264 (55 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
EJ Pollock	c TGR Clark b OE Robinson	4	4	0	0	100.0
JD Libby	b OE Robinson	15	35	0	1	42.9
Azhar Ali	lbw b OE Robinson	11	19	2	0	57.9
JA Haynes	c TP Alsop b OE Robinson	1	4	0	0	25.0
AJ Hose	b HT Crocombe	59	88	9	0	67.0
BL D'Oliveira	c TGR Clark b FJ Hudson-Prentice	1	6	0	0	16.7
GH Roderick	c OJ Carter b SF Hunt	39	68	7	0	57.4
MJ Waite	b OE Robinson	59	54	4	3	109.3
J Leach	c SPD Smith b OE Robinson	53	53	7	1	100.0
JC Tongue	not out	0	4	0	0	0.0
BJ Gibbon	lbw b OE Robinson	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras		22
Total	all out, 55 overs	264

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (EJ Pollock, 0.4 ov), 28-2 (Azhar Ali, 6.1 ov), 30-3 (JA Haynes, 6.6 ov), 43-4 (JD Libby, 10.3 ov), 44-5 (BL D'Oliveira, 11.3 ov), 136-6 (GH Roderick, 33.6 ov), 160-7 (AJ Hose, 38.2 ov), 263-8 (MJ Waite, 52.6 ov), 264-9 (J Leach, 54.4 ov), 264-10 (BJ Gibbon, 54.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
OE Robinson	17	3	59	7	3.47	76	4
SF Hunt	14	2	81	1	5.79	55	10
FJ Hudson-Prentice	10	0	54	1	5.40	34	0
HT Crocombe	11	1	42	1	3.82	44	0
JM Coles	3	0	20	0	6.67	7	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	4	4	EJ Pollock 4, JD Libby 0
2	24	33	JD Libby 11, Azhar Ali 11
3	2	5	JD Libby 1, JA Haynes 1
4	13	21	JD Libby 3, AJ Hose 4
5	1	6	AJ Hose 0, BL D'Oliveira 1
6	92	135	AJ Hose 48, GH Roderick 39
7	24	26	AJ Hose 7, MJ Waite 13
8	103	88	MJ Waite 46, J Leach 52
9	1	10	J Leach 1, JC Tongue 0
10	0	2	JC Tongue 0, BJ Gibbon 0

Sussex 1st innings 373 (89.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AGH Orr	c GH Roderick b BJ Gibbon	34	59	6	0	57.6
TGR Clark	c GH Roderick b JC Tongue	12	43	2	0	27.9
TP Alsop	lbw b J Leach	13	27	0	0	48.1
CA Pujara	c GH Roderick b JC Tongue	136	189	19	1	72.0
SPD Smith	lbw b JC Tongue	30	57	5	0	52.6
JM Coles	c GH Roderick b BJ Gibbon	14	18	2	0	77.8
OJ Carter	b MJ Waite	23	49	3	0	46.9
FJ Hudson-Prentice	lbw b MJ Waite	54	64	11	0	84.4
OE Robinson	c JA Haynes b J Leach	33	21	4	2	157.1
SF Hunt	not out	2	8	0	0	25.0
HT Crocombe	lbw b J Leach	1	3	0	0	33.3
Extras		21
Total	all out, 89.2 overs	373

Fall of wickets: 37-1 (TGR Clark, 12.6 ov), 65-2 (TP Alsop, 20.6 ov), 67-3 (AGH Orr, 21.4 ov), 128-4 (SPD Smith, 38.6 ov), 147-5 (JM Coles, 43.1 ov), 213-6 (OJ Carter, 59.5 ov), 330-7 (FJ Hudson-Prentice, 79.5 ov), 368-8 (OE Robinson, 85.5 ov), 370-9 (CA Pujara, 88.1 ov), 373-10 (HT Crocombe, 89.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
J Leach	23.2	4	83	3	3.56	104	0	0
BJ Gibbon	20	4	75	2	3.75	89	0	0
JC Tongue	21	1	89	3	4.24	87	1	4
MJ Waite	20	2	86	2	4.30	85	0	0
BL D'Oliveira	5	0	24	0	4.80	15	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	37	78	AGH Orr 20, TGR Clark 12
2	28	48	AGH Orr 13, TP Alsop 13
3	2	4	AGH Orr 1, CA Pujara 1
4	61	104	CA Pujara 29, SPD Smith 30
5	19	25	CA Pujara 5, JM Coles 14
6	66	100	CA Pujara 33, OJ Carter 23
7	117	120	CA Pujara 61, FJ Hudson-Prentice 54
8	38	36	CA Pujara 5, OE Robinson 33
9	2	14	CA Pujara 2, SF Hunt 0
10	3	7	SF Hunt 2, HT Crocombe 1

Worcestershire 2nd innings 251/8 (96.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
EJ Pollock	c SPD Smith b OE Robinson	17	38	3	0	44.7
JD Libby	c CA Pujara b OE Robinson	5	22	1	0	22.7
Azhar Ali	not out	103	279	11	0	36.9
JA Haynes	c OJ Carter b OE Robinson	7	24	0	0	29.2
AJ Hose	lbw b OE Robinson	41	78	5	0	52.6
BL D'Oliveira	c OJ Carter b FJ Hudson-Prentice	22	48	2	0	45.8
GH Roderick	c SPD Smith b OE Robinson	8	33	0	0	24.2
MJ Waite	c TP Alsop b OE Robinson	5	10	0	0	50.0
J Leach	b OE Robinson	16	22	2	0	72.7
JC Tongue	not out	2	32	0	0	6.3
Extras		25
Total	8 wickets, 96.4 overs	251

Did not bat: BJ Gibbon

Fall of wickets: 16-1 (JD Libby, 6.3 ov), 36-2 (EJ Pollock, 16.1 ov), 54-3 (JA Haynes, 24.4 ov), 142-4 (AJ Hose, 52.4 ov), 179-5 (BL D'Oliveira, 65.2 ov), 196-6 (GH Roderick, 74.4 ov), 202-7 (MJ Waite, 76.4 ov), 228-8 (J Leach, 82.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
OE Robinson	28.4	7	58	7	2.02	136	0	4
SF Hunt	20	4	74	0	3.70	85	2	6
FJ Hudson-Prentice	25	6	55	1	2.20	120	0	0
HT Crocombe	15.2	3	42	0	2.74	71	0	2
JM Coles	5	2	5	0	1.00	25	0	0
SPD Smith	2.4	0	6	0	2.25	13	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	16	39	EJ Pollock 9, JD Libby 5
2	20	58	EJ Pollock 8, Azhar Ali 6
3	18	51	Azhar Ali 6, JA Haynes 7
4	88	168	Azhar Ali 43, AJ Hose 41
5	37	76	Azhar Ali 11, BL D'Oliveira 22
6	17	56	Azhar Ali 9, GH Roderick 8
7	6	12	Azhar Ali 1, MJ Waite 5
8	26	33	Azhar Ali 8, J Leach 16
Unbroken	23	87	Azhar Ali 19, JC Tongue 2

Match details

Toss: Sussex, chose to field
Ground: County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2023
Umpires: Chris Watts, PJ Hartley
Match referee: Wayne Noon
Rain: Draw with only 241 of ~360 overs bowled (67%)
Source: Cricsheet match 1347163