Sussex v Essex, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 48th Match, County Championship Division One, 2025

County Championship Division One 48th Match: Sussex v Essex at Brighton, July 22, 2025

Sussex

SUS

204/10 (52.4) & 261/10 (82.1)

Essex

ESS

504/10 (118)

Finished

Essex Men won by an inning and 39 runs

Sussex 1st InningSUS 1st Inning204/10 (52.4 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Daniel Hughes	c MKS Pepper b JA Porter	13	29	2	0	44.83
c MKS Pepper b JA Porter
Tom Haines	c SR Harmer b KK Ahmed	19	33	4	0	57.58
c SR Harmer b KK Ahmed
Tom Alsop	c MKS Pepper b S Cook	3	3	0	0	100.00
c MKS Pepper b S Cook
James Coles	c D Elgar b JA Porter	52	70	7	0	74.29
c D Elgar b JA Porter
Danial Ibrahim	c MKS Pepper b KK Ahmed	9	12	2	0	75.00
c MKS Pepper b KK Ahmed
John Simpson(WK/C)	c J Cox b SR Harmer	34	88	6	0	38.64
c J Cox b SR Harmer
Fynn Hudson-Prentice	c MKS Pepper b JA Porter	0	4	0	0	0.00
c MKS Pepper b JA Porter
Jack Joshua Carson	c MKS Pepper b NRM Thain	25	32	5	0	78.13
c MKS Pepper b NRM Thain
Aristides Karvelas	c J Cox b NRM Thain	1	3	0	0	33.33
c J Cox b NRM Thain
Henry Thomas Crocombe	Not out	16	21	3	0	76.19
Not out
Gurinder Sandhu	c S Cook b JA Porter	13	29	3	0	44.83
c S Cook b JA Porter
Extra	19 (b 0, w 0, nb 16, lb 3)
Total	204/10 (52.4)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Jamie Porter	12.4	3	30	4	2.37
Samuel Cook	13	2	58	1	4.46
Simon Harmer	9	2	26	1	2.89
Syed Khaleel Ahmed	10	1	46	2	4.50
Noah Thain	8	0	40	2	4.25

Fall of wickets: 1-28 (DPHughes - 8.3 ov), 2-31 (TP Alsop - 9.1 ov), 3-50 (TJ Haines - 13.6 ov), 4-64 (D Ibrahim - 17.4 ov), 5-120 (J Coles - 30.1 ov), 6-120 (FJ Hudson-Prentice - 30.5 ov), 7-169 (J J Carson - 43.6 ov), 8-169 (JA Simpson - 44.1 ov), 9-171 (A Karvelas - 45.4 ov), 10-204 (GS Sandhu - 52.4 ov)

Essex 1st InningESS 1st Inning504/10 (118 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Dean Elgar	c D Ibrahim b FJ Hudson-Prentice	46	51	8	0	90.20
c D Ibrahim b FJ Hudson-Prentice
Paul Walter	lbw b J J Carson	47	70	7	1	67.14
lbw b J J Carson
Tom Westley(C)	b GS Sandhu	26	66	3	0	39.39
b GS Sandhu
Jordan Cox	c TP Alsop b GS Sandhu	132	173	23	0	77.33
c TP Alsop b GS Sandhu
Samuel Cook	c TJ Haines b H T Crocombe	3	14	0	0	21.43
c TJ Haines b H T Crocombe
Matt Critchley	runout (FJ Hudson-Prentice)	123	175	12	5	69.89
runout (FJ Hudson-Prentice)
Michael-Kyle Pepper(WK)	c JA Simpson b FJ Hudson-Prentice	44	70	5	0	61.97
c JA Simpson b FJ Hudson-Prentice
Noah Thain	b GS Sandhu	0	1	0	0	0.00
b GS Sandhu
Simon Harmer	c J Coles b H T Crocombe	53	73	6	3	73.61
c J Coles b H T Crocombe
Syed Khaleel Ahmed	c GS Sandhu b FJ Hudson-Prentice	11	9	0	1	122.22
c GS Sandhu b FJ Hudson-Prentice
Jamie Porter	Not out	1	10	0	0	10.00
Not out
Extra	18 (b 2, w 0, nb 8, lb 8)
Total	504/10 (118)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Gurinder Sandhu	32	7	122	3	3.75
Henry Thomas Crocombe	23	4	117	2	5.09
Fynn Hudson-Prentice	22	4	78	3	3.50
Aristides Karvelas	13	1	69	0	5.31
Jack Joshua Carson	15	0	57	1	3.80
James Coles	10	0	37	0	3.70
Danial Ibrahim	3	0	14	0	4.67

Fall of wickets: 1-63 (D Elgar - 13.3 ov), 2-114 (PI Walter - 25.6 ov), 3-142 (TZ Westley - 36.6 ov), 4-151 (S Cook - 41.6 ov), 5-345 (J Cox - 84.5 ov), 6-430 (MJJ Critchley - 99.1 ov), 7-430 (NRM Thain - 99.2 ov), 8-451 (MKS Pepper - 107.4 ov), 9-467 (KK Ahmed - 111.5 ov), 10-504 (SR Harmer - 117.6 ov)

Sussex 2nd InningSUS 2nd Inning261/10 (82.1 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Tom Haines	c PI Walter b S Cook	1	2	0	0	50.00
c PI Walter b S Cook
Daniel Hughes	c SR Harmer b JA Porter	14	19	3	0	73.68
c SR Harmer b JA Porter
Tom Alsop	lbw b MJJ Critchley	72	150	9	0	48.00
lbw b MJJ Critchley
James Coles	c JA Porter b SR Harmer	108	214	14	1	50.47
c JA Porter b SR Harmer
Danial Ibrahim	c & b KK Ahmed	19	35	3	0	54.29
c & b KK Ahmed
John Simpson(WK/C)	runout (MJJ Critchley / S Cook)	2	10	0	0	20.00
runout (MJJ Critchley / S Cook)
Fynn Hudson-Prentice	c SR Harmer b MJJ Critchley	9	7	2	0	128.57
c SR Harmer b MJJ Critchley
Jack Joshua Carson	c PI Walter b MJJ Critchley	1	7	0	0	14.29
c PI Walter b MJJ Critchley
Aristides Karvelas	c MKS Pepper b SR Harmer	4	39	0	0	10.26
c MKS Pepper b SR Harmer
Henry Thomas Crocombe	b MJJ Critchley	2	13	0	0	15.38
b MJJ Critchley
Gurinder Sandhu	Not out	0	5	0	0	0.00
Not out
Extra	29 (b 5, w 1, nb 16, lb 2)
Total	261/10 (82.1)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Jamie Porter	10	2	27	1	2.60
Samuel Cook	14	2	48	1	3.27
Syed Khaleel Ahmed	15	1	64	1	4.29
Noah Thain	8	1	31	0	3.38
Simon Harmer	17	6	38	2	2.24
Matt Critchley	18.1	4	41	4	2.26

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (TJ Haines - 1.1 ov), 2-33 (DPHughes - 6.2 ov), 3-174 (TP Alsop - 48.4 ov), 4-212 (D Ibrahim - 59.4 ov), 5-221 (JA Simpson - 62.6 ov), 6-236 (FJ Hudson-Prentice - 64.5 ov), 7-238 (J J Carson - 66.2 ov), 8-249 (A Karvelas - 75.6 ov), 9-261 (J Coles - 81.1 ov), 10-261 (H T Crocombe - 82.1 ov)

Date

2025-07-22 15:30 PM

Venue

County Ground, Hove, Brighton

Toss

Essex elected to bowl

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee