County Championship SUS V LEI Day 3 & 4

RESULT

Sussex 262 & 443-6 dec: Van Zyl 166*, Brown 67, Wright 60
Leicestershire 281 & 193: Ackermann 43, Horton 35, Hill 35; Archer 4-30
Sussex won by 231 runs

Seamer Jofra Archer helped secure Sussex a fourth County Championship Division Two victory of the season as they beat Leicestershire by 231 runs.

Set 425 to win, the Foxes slumped from 116-3 at lunch on the last day at Arundel to be dismissed for 193.

Archer finished with 4-30 in the second innings to take his championship wicket tally against Leicestershire to 16 in their two fixtures this season.

Colin Ackermann (43) top-scored for the visitors in their sixth loss this year.


STUMPS DAY 3

Sussex 262 & 443-6 dec: Van Zyl 166*, Brown 67, Wright 60
Leicestershire 281 & 36-0: Harinath 17*, Horton 15*
Leicestershire need 389 more runs to win

Sussex's Stiaan van Zyl scored an unbeaten 166 as Leicestershire ended day three 36-0 chasing 425 to win.

The South African struck 24 boundaries, sharing century partnerships with Luke Wright (60) and Ben Brown (67), as Sussex moved their score on from 74-1.

Jofra Archer then smashed four sixes and three fours to score 42 off 14 balls as Sussex declared on 443-6.

Leicestershire openers Paul Horton and Arun Harinath reached stumps unbeaten, leaving 389 runs to score on day four.