County Championship: Northants want 87 extra runs to beat Sussex

Tom Haines’ second century of the season appears to be in a losing cause for Sussex

LV= County Championship Group Three, 1st Central County Ground, Hove (day three):

Sussex 175 & 298: Haines 103, Brown 95; Kerrigan 5-70

Northants 256 & 131-2: Procter 47*

Northants (5 pts) need 87 more runs to beat Sussex (3 pts)

Scorecard

Northamptonshire need another 87 runs with eight wickets in hand to beat Sussex on the final day at Hove.

Facing a target of 218, an unbroken stand of 74 between Luke Procter (47 not out) and Rob Keogh (24 not out) took Northants to 131-2 at stumps.

Earlier, Sussex had moved from an overnight 142-4 to 298 all out in their second innings thanks to Tom Haines’ 103 and Ben Brown’s 95.

Spinner Simon Kerrigan starred with the ball for Northants, claiming 5-70.

Sussex were on course for setting Northants an even bigger total to chase when opener Haines and captain Brown had taken them to 209-4 in the morning session.

But once Kerrigan dismissed Haines soon after reaching his fourth…

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