Jack Leaning led Sussex to a second win of the season within the County Championship together with his first hundred since September 2024 as they beat Warwickshire by 5 wickets at Hove.
The 32-year-old right-hander, signed from Kent within the winter, made an unbeaten 120 as Sussex backed up their 222-run win within the opening spherical in opposition to Leicestershire.
This victory was a lot nearer and owed a lot to the very good sixth-wicket partnership of 144 in 43 overs solid by Leaning and Tom Worth, one other participant making his residence debut for his new county.
The previous Gloucestershire all-rounder completed unbeaten on 70 and performed a key position in Sussex’s success.
The pair had come collectively on 184-5 with Sussex nonetheless needing 144 to win and the competition within the steadiness.
They knocked 50 runs off that concentrate on by the top of day three however the first hour on the ultimate morning was tense with solely 35 runs added as Warwickshire’s seamers probed for a breakthrough.
Ethan Bamber had a really shut lbw attraction in opposition to Leaning turned down when he was on 77, the ball showing to cross simply over the stumps.
On 95, Leaning needed to kick the ball away when he was in peril of taking part in on to Woakes, however within the final over earlier than the brand new ball was taken he turned a supply from part-time off-spinner Dan Mousley into the leg aspect for a single to achieve the twelfth century of his profession, acknowledged by a standing ovation from the gang.
Warwickshire’s final hope was to separate Leaning and Worth with the brand new ball and put stress on Sussex’s decrease order however as an alternative it liberated the pair.
Worth steered Woakes extensive of gully to convey up his second fifty for the county earlier than stroking Bamber by way of the covers for 3 luxurious fours within the subsequent over.
All 4 Warwickshire seamers had a spell with the brand new ball, however runs have been coming shortly by now with seven boundaries in three overs as Sussex sped in direction of their goal.
Leaning launched Barnard down the bottom for his sixteenth boundary to stage the scores earlier than driving the following ball by way of further cowl to seal Sussex’s victory quarter-hour earlier than lunch.
Report by ECB Reporters’ Community, supported by Rothesay.
