Sussex took a agency grip on Division Two of the County Championship by beating Derbyshire by an innings and 59 runs for his or her sixth win of the season.
The second tier leaders took a most haul of 24 factors and positioned extra daylight between themselves and the groups round them – now 19 away from second-placed Middlesex, with Yorkshire a degree additional again in third.
With two of their final three video games at residence, Paul Farbrace’s facet are actually clear favourites to win the title.
The star was off-spinner Jack Carson, who adopted his 97 with the bat by taking match figures of 11-157 – the very best return of his profession.
Sparked by two breakthrough strikes by Jaydev Unadkat, who eliminated Wayne Madsen and David Lloyd within the area of 5 deliveries, Carson’s second-innings figures of 6-67 was one other finest – and he has now taken 20 wickets in two matches, following 9 within the earlier recreation towards Yorkshire.
After courageous resistance from Harry Got here (79) and Madsen (77), Derbyshire misplaced their final eight wickets for 54 runs in simply 25 overs.
The match represented a merciless return to regular kind for Derbyshire following their heavy win over Glamorgan.
They’re now seven factors adrift as they bid to keep away from ending backside for the primary time since 2016.
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