Wednesday 22 April 2015 17:50, UK
Ajmal Shahzad produced a sensational bowling spell as Sussex beat Worcestershire by 61 runs at the BrightonandHoveJobs.com County Ground.
Former England all-rounder Shahzad tore through the visitors' batting line-up as they chased only 200 for victory on the final day.
Worcestershire started the day 47-0, needing to reach 247, but lost captain Daryl Mitchell (21) and first innings centurion Richard Oliver for 27 inside the first five overs, Steve Magoffin starting things off before Shahzad grabbed his first wicket.
The former Yorkshire seamer proceeded to get the next two wickets to help wipe out Worcestershire's middle-order, accounting for Alex Gidman (7) and Tom Kohler-Cadmore for a duck, before Matt Hobden trapped Alexei Kervezee in front to reduce them to 91-5.
Ashar Zaidi claimed the wicket of their final specialist batsman - Tom Fell - for 21and Shahzad returned to claim his five-fer, bowling Gareth Andrew (7) and having Sachithra Senanayake caught behind for one.
With the score on 134-9, all hope appeared to have gone for Worcestershire, but their 10th wicket pairing - wicketkeeper Ben Cox and bowler Charlie Morris - briefly rekindled hopes of an away victory.
Cox made it to 48 and Morris added 24 in a 51-run stand, but the latter was eventually dismissed by Luke Wells as Sussex secured a 22-point haul.
Samit Patel and Chris Read compiled valuable innings for Nottinghamshire as their clash with champions Yorkshire at Trent Bridge petered out into a draw.
Yorkshire needed quick wickets on Wednesday morning, but managed only two with James Taylor (35) falling to Will Rhodes after Will Gidman had been dismissed by Steven Patterson.
But their hopes of rolling out the hosts and chasing down a target were dashed in the afternoon with Patel hitting 11 fours in a handy 76 before Read came in at No 8 and smashed 80 off 107 balls, an innings that included 10 fours and a six.
Read and Yorkshire captain Andrew Gale eventually brought an end to the match with 18 overs remaining in the day, both sides taking home 11 points with Nottinghamshire's innings ending on 354-7.
Warwickshire and Hampshire also played out a draw at Edgbaston, where the hosts were never up with the run-rate they needed to chase down 379 for victory.
They had cut that deficit to 332 going into the final day's play but soon lost Ian Westwood for 40 and found quick scoring hard to come by.
Varun Chopra made 119, but his innings took 309 balls and the next biggest contributors were William Porterfield and Tim Ambrose, who scored 29 apiece.
James Tomlinson fared best of the Hampshire bowlers, taking 2-56.
