Weather breaks for Sussex to allow first victory

Sussex 447 for 8 dec (Joyce 106, Wells 104, Nash 65, Brown 61, Taylor 54) and 11 for 0 beat Derbyshire 150 (Magoffin 4-23, Shahzad 3-34, Whittingham 3-52) and 307 (Thakor 81, Robinson 4-110) by 10 wicketsScorecard

Sussex completed their first win of the season in the Specsavers County Championship after beating Derbyshire by 10 wickets at Hove.

Derbyshire did have the satisfaction of making Sussex bat again after they were dismissed for 307, but Sussex’s openers Chris Nash and Ed Joyce needed just three balls to knock off their victory target of 11 runs to secure their first Championship win at Hove for more than a year.

Resuming on 195 for 6, Derbyshire lost Matt Critchley in the fifth over of the day after the start had been delayed until 1.10pm because of rain.

Critchley gloved a lifter from Steve Magoffin before Ollie Robinson struck in successive overs. Shiv …

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