f51615	Worcestershire v Sussex
	LV County Championship 2009 (Division 1)
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th June 2009 (4-day match)
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 10 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2); Sussex 22 (Batting 5, Bowling 3)
Umpires	JW Holder, RA Kettleborough
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 17/0 (Yardy 5*, Nash 12*; 4 overs)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (1) 409/5 (Hodd 24*, Smith 49*; 100 overs)
Close of play day 3	Worcestershire (2) 120/3 (Mitchell 52*, MM Ali 26*; 55 overs)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
DKH Mitchell	b Collymore	19	77	107	2	-	24.68
SC Moore	lbw b Kirtley	0	2	5	-	-	0.00
*VS Solanki	b Collymore	15	31	34	2	-	48.39
BF Smith	run out	80	128	173	12	-	62.50
MM Ali	c Hodd b Martin-Jenkins	5	29	30	1	-	17.24
+SM Davies	c Joyce b Chawla	15	25	21	3	-	60.00
AA Noffke	st Hodd b Chawla	89	137	176	9	2	64.96
GJ Batty	c Hodd b Smith	17	35	30	3	-	48.57
K Ali	c Hodd b Smith	10	33	23	-	-	30.30
CD Whelan	c Chawla b Collymore	19	23	28	3	-	82.61
MS Mason	not out	7	19	29	1	-	36.84
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 89.3 overs)	288
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Moore, 1.2 ov), 2-23 (Solanki, 10.2 ov), 3-64 (Mitchell, 27 ov), 4-91 (MM Ali, 35.3 ov), 5-118 (Davies, 42.2 ov), 6-176 (Smith, 56.3 ov), 7-216 (Batty, 67.3 ov), 8-234 (K Ali, 75.2 ov), 9-262 (Whelan, 82.4 ov), 10-288 (Noffke, 89.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Collymore	17	5	42	3	-	1	34.00	2.47
Kirtley	17	2	57	1	1	-	102.00	3.35
Martin-Jenkins	12	3	41	1	-	-	72.00	3.42
Smith	20	8	44	2	-	1	60.00	2.20
Chawla	21.3	2	89	2	-	-	64.50	4.14
Yardy	2	0	8	0	-	-	-	4.00

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*MH Yardy	c Davies b Whelan	152	244	315	21	-	62.30
CD Nash	run out	52	59	82	12	-	88.14
EC Joyce	c MM Ali b K Ali	21	62	60	1	-	33.87
MW Goodwin	c Davies b Whelan	16	47	67	2	-	34.04
MJ Prior	c Solanki b Whelan	82	87	137	11	-	94.25
+AJ Hodd	lbw b Noffke	43	111	135	5	-	38.74
DR Smith	c Batty b Noffke	77	72	99	6	3	106.94
RSC Martin-Jenkins	c Moore b Noffke	20	18	24	2	-	111.11
PP Chawla	not out	102	86	95	7	6	118.60
RJ Kirtley	c Davies b Noffke	33	58	62	5	-	56.90
CD Collymore	not out	1	5	12	-	-	20.00
Extras	(3 b, 11 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 141 overs)	620
Fall of wickets:
1-93 (Nash, 20 ov), 2-144 (Joyce, 38 ov), 3-196 (Goodwin, 55.3 ov), 4-315 (Yardy, 79.3 ov), 5-343 (Prior, 88.1 ov), 6-458 (Hodd, 112.5 ov), 7-467 (Smith, 114.1 ov), 8-492 (Martin-Jenkins, 118.1 ov), 9-597 (Kirtley, 137.3 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
K Ali	22	1	79	1	-	-	132.00	3.59
Mason	27	2	112	0	-	-	-	4.15
Noffke	27	3	92	4	-	-	40.50	3.41
Batty	29	5	123	0	-	-	-	4.24
Whelan	26	1	151	3	-	3	52.00	5.81
Mitchell	7	0	19	0	-	-	-	2.71
MM Ali	3	0	30	0	1	-	-	10.00

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
DKH Mitchell	c Joyce b Chawla	99	289	338	11	-	34.26
SC Moore	b Kirtley	6	11	15	1	-	54.55
*VS Solanki	lbw b Chawla	33	69	56	4	-	47.83
BF Smith	lbw b Chawla	1	35	38	-	-	2.86
MM Ali	c Hodd b Kirtley	124	205	220	13	2	60.49
+SM Davies	b Nash	35	63	70	4	-	55.56
AA Noffke	lbw b Chawla	0	4	1	-	-	0.00
GJ Batty	c Kirtley b Chawla	3	10	8	-	-	30.00
K Ali	lbw b Chawla	9	29	29	1	-	31.03
CD Whelan	b Smith	24	41	32	3	-	58.54
MS Mason	not out	22	27	28	1	2	81.48
Extras	(10 b, 14 lb, 4 nb, 8 w)	36
Total	(all out, 130.1 overs)	392
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Moore, 3.5 ov), 2-59 (Solanki, 24.3 ov), 3-73 (Smith, 37 ov), 4-281 (MM Ali, 99.1 ov), 5-297 (Mitchell, 104.1 ov), 6-297 (Noffke, 104.5 ov), 7-305 (Batty, 108.1 ov), 8-344 (K Ali, 118.2 ov), 9-346 (Davies, 120 ov), 10-392 (Whelan, 130.1 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Collymore	12	2	37	0	-	-	-	3.08
Kirtley	13.5	1	61	2	-	-	41.50	4.41
Smith	18.2	6	46	1	2	2	110.00	2.51
Chawla	51	11	152	6	1	-	51.00	2.98
Martin-Jenkins	8	1	18	0	-	-	-	2.25
Yardy	9	1	19	0	-	-	-	2.11
Nash	18	7	35	1	-	-	108.00	1.94

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*MH Yardy	not out	34	30	38	7	-	113.33
CD Nash	not out	25	30	38	3	-	83.33
EC Joyce
MW Goodwin
MJ Prior
+AJ Hodd
DR Smith
RSC Martin-Jenkins
PP Chawla
CD Collymore
RJ Kirtley
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(no wicket, 10 overs)	61

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
K Ali	3	0	22	0	-	-	-	7.33
Mason	2	0	14	0	-	-	-	7.00
Whelan	2	0	10	0	-	-	-	5.00
Batty	2	0	9	0	-	-	-	4.50
Mitchell	1	0	4	0	-	-	-	4.00

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Notes
--> MH Yardy (1) 100 in 155 balls, 196 minutes with 16 fours
--> MH Yardy (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 40
--> PP Chawla (1) passed his previous highest First-Class Matches score of 96
--> PP Chawla (1) 100 in 82 balls, 93 minutes with 7 fours and 6 sixes
--> RJ Kirtley (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 5
--> DKH Mitchell (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 18
--> MM Ali (2) 100 in 175 balls, 186 minutes with 13 fours
--> MM Ali (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 77
--> SM Davies (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 1
--> DR Smith reached 100 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed GJ Batty, his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings

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