f37664 cc17390	Sussex v Lancashire
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1988
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 13th, 15th, 16th August 1988 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Lancashire won by 8 wickets
Points	Sussex 3 (Batting 1, Bowling 2); Lancashire 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	B Leadbeater, BJ Meyer
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 4/1 (Lenham 0*, Clarke 0*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 148/6 (CM Wells 24*, Moores 5*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GD Mendis	run out	14
G Fowler	b Pigott	26
MA Atherton	not out	152	274	327	17	1
NH Fairbrother	b Bunting	18
M Watkinson	c Parker b Pigott	18
*DP Hughes	lbw b Bunting	0
AN Hayhurst	c Green b CM Wells	30
ID Austin	not out	57
+WK Hegg	did not bat
PJW Allott	did not bat
J Simmons	did not bat
Extras	(16 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	22
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 100 overs)	337
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-62, 3-93, 4-130, 5-137, 6-205

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pigott	23	3	102	2	-	-
Bunting	21	3	58	2	-	-
Babington	18	9	45	0	-	-
CM Wells	15	3	35	1	-	-
Clarke	23	4	81	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NJ Lenham	c Atherton b Watkinson	8
AM Green	b Allott	3
AR Clarke	lbw b Watkinson	22
*PWG Parker	b Austin	6
AP Wells	lbw b Watkinson	0
IJ Gould	b Austin	22
CM Wells	b Austin	68
ACS Pigott	run out	18
+P Moores	c Hegg b Allott	5
RA Bunting	c and b Allott	5
AM Babington	not out	7
Extras	(3 lb, 5 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 67 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-35, 3-36, 4-36, 5-48, 6-92, 7-129, 8-137, 9-151, 10-172 (67 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Allott	23	9	61	3	-	-
Watkinson	23	6	60	3	-	-
Austin	11	5	20	3	-	-
Hayhurst	8	3	22	0	-	-
Simmons	2	1	6	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NJ Lenham	lbw b Watkinson	4
AM Green	lbw b Allott	24
*PWG Parker	c Hegg b Hayhurst	36
AP Wells	lbw b Hayhurst	24
IJ Gould	c Hegg b Hayhurst	6
CM Wells	c Hegg b Watkinson	38
ACS Pigott	c Simmons b Hayhurst	21
+P Moores	not out	97	166		13	-
AR Clarke	c Hayhurst b Allott	3
RA Bunting	c Fowler b Austin	10
AM Babington	c Simmons b Austin	4	55		1	-
Extras	(5 lb, 3 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 90.5 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-52, 3-84, 4-92, 5-103, 6-137, 7-175, 8-184, 9-205, 10-275 (90.5 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Allott	23	7	58	2	-	-
Watkinson	21	4	69	2	-	-
Austin	15.5	5	40	2	-	-
Hayhurst	20	2	78	4	-	-
Simmons	8	1	17	0	-	-
Atherton	3	0	8	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GD Mendis	c AP Wells b Babington	53
G Fowler	not out	35
MA Atherton	c Clarke b Parker	15
NH Fairbrother	not out	0
M Watkinson	did not bat
*DP Hughes	did not bat
AN Hayhurst	did not bat
ID Austin	did not bat
+WK Hegg	did not bat
PJW Allott	did not bat
J Simmons	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	8
Total	(2 wickets, 25 overs)	111
Fall of wickets:
1-74, 2-109

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pigott	7	0	32	0	-	-
Bunting	6	1	20	0	-	-
Babington	5	0	31	1	-	-
CM Wells	4	0	21	0	-	-
Clarke	2	1	3	0	-	-
Parker	1	0	1	1	-	-

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Notes
--> MA Atherton (1) passed his previous highest score of 76 in County Championship matches
--> MA Atherton (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> MA Atherton (1) passed his previous highest score of 151 in First-Class matches
--> MA Atherton (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 83
--> ID Austin (1) passed his previous highest score of 43 in First-Class matches
--> ID Austin (1) passed his previous highest score of 43 in County Championship matches
--> PWG Parker (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 22
--> P Moores (2) passed his previous highest score of 55 in County Championship matches
--> P Moores (2) passed his previous highest score of 55 in First-Class matches
--> AM Babington did not score for 80 minutes when 4 in the Sussex second innings
--> GD Mendis (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 15
--> ID Austin achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Sussex first innings (previous best was 3-28)
--> ID Austin achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Sussex first innings (previous best was 3-28)

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