Sussex keep top flight cricket at Hove for another campaign

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION ONE ROUNDUP: One Day Cup winners Worcestershire are heading for an eighth defeat of the season unless they can turn around a perilous position at New Road

New Road (day two of four): Worcestershire 123 & 270-6, Sussex 350 - Worcestershire lead by 43 runs with four second innings wickets remaining

John Simpson's unbeaten 129 and six second innings Worcestershire wickets kept Sussex in command on day two of the County Championship clash at New Road. 

A glistening fourth century of the season from the away side's skipper saw Sussex add 122 runs to their overnight score, before they were bowled out for 350.

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With a deficit of 227, Jake Libby (72) and Rehaan Edavalath (45) added a century stand for the first wicket to throw the Pears a lifeline.

Six wickets across the second half of the day, however, saw Worcestershire cling onto a slender lead of 43 runs heading into the third day with just four wickets intact. 

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