da betsul： A career-best innings of 184 by Chris Nash and some hostile bowling from CoreyCollymore and Yasir Arafat put Sussex in sight of their sixth win of the seasonat the end of the second day of the County Championship clash withLeicestershire at Grace Road
30-Jul-2010
ScorecardA career-best innings of 184 by Chris Nash and some hostile bowling from CoreyCollymore and Yasir Arafat put Sussex in sight of their sixth win of the seasonat the end of the second day of the County Championship clash withLeicestershire at Grace Road.Nash, dropped on 59, made the hosts pay as he steered Sussex to a total of 379and a first-innings lead of 175, despite Matthew Hoggard’s first five-wickethaul since he joined Leicestershire from Yorkshire at the start of the season.Then Collymore and Arafat ripped through Leicestershire’s top order picking uptwo wickets apiece before bad light and rain brought an early end to the daywith the home side struggling at 59 for 4, still 116 runs behind.Collymore trapped openers Will Jefferson and Paul Nixon lbw in his first threeovers before Arafat removed James Taylor and Andrew McDonald to leaveLeicestershire in disarray after a disappointing day with both bat and ball.The tone was set in the second over of the morning when Hoggard found the edgeas Nash looked to drive, only for Jefferson to spill the catch at second slipwith only seven runs added to the overnigh score of 128 for 4. It was to prove an expensive error as Nash and wicketkeeper Ben Brown, deputising for England man Matt Prior, put Sussex in command.They shared a stand of 109 in 31 overs for the sixth wicket following the earlydeparture of nightwatchman Lewis Hatchett who was bowled by Hoggard. Nash, who had gone past 50 only once before this season, reached his century with a square cut to the ropes off Wayne White. Brown provided solid support in the partnership, scoring 38 before being brilliantly caught at square leg by White off the bowling of left-arm spinner Claude Henderson shortly after lunch.Nash, however, continued to dominate and, joined by an equally aggressiveArafat, punished some loose and wayward Leicestershire bowling. Even the newball, taken at 292 for 6, did not help the home side’s cause with Nash pullingand cutting Nathan Buck for three fours and a six in his first over.The Sussex opener looked well set for the first double century of his careeruntil he spooned a catch to fine leg to give Hoggard his fifth wicket. Arafat continued to throw the bat, hitting five fours and three sixes in an entertaining knock of 58 and adding another 51 runs for the last wicket withCollymore. Hoggard, easily Leicestershire’s best bowler, finished with five for 81 but Buck’s three wickets cost him 110 runs in 20 overs.Sussex wasted no time in pressing home their advantage with Arafat andCollymore making serious inroads into the Leicestershire batting in the 11.4overs possible before the weather brought an early finish. Arafat claimed 2 for 27 in six overs and Collymore took two for 21 in his four overs.