County Championship: Nottinghamshire ease to 10-wicket win over Sussex

Lyndon James (left) and Brett Hutton both took three wickets in Sussex’s second innings to help bowl Notts to victory

LV= County Championship Division Two, The 1st Central County Ground, Hove (day four):

Sussex 375 & 172-9: Orr 45; Hutton 3-39, James 3-49, Patterson-White 3-54

Nottinghamshire 534-9 dec & 14-0: Hameed 12*

Notts (23 pts) beat Sussex (5 pts) by 10 wickets

Scorecard

Brett Hutton and Liam Patterson-White both claimed three wickets as Nottinghamshire wore down Sussex’s final-day resistance to claim a 10-wicket win in their County Championship opener at Hove.

Sussex, for whom all-rounder Dan Ibrahim was unable to bat in their second innings because of a shoulder injury sustained earlier in the match, were bowled out for 172 shortly after tea and the Division Two title favourites scored the 14 runs they needed in 2.1 overs.

It was an outstanding effort by the Nottinghamshire attack on a pitch offering very little lateral movement and only slow turn.

In addition, they were without…

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