Derbyshire 338 (Godleman 51, Reece 51, Wiese 4-63, Garton 3-79) and 322 for 8 (Podmore 66*, Whittingham 5-80) lead Sussex 271 (Wright 70*, Viljoen 7-80) by 389 runs
Derbyshire save themselves in a series to inform exclusively their 2nd decide of the season within the Specsavers County Championship after an attritional third day against Sussex at Hove.
They closed on 322 for 8, a lead of 389 against a Sussex side who shall be obliged to lunge any aim on the final day for a victory to retain their slim promotion hopes alive.
Derbyshire’s bustle rate by no manner got great above four an over all over the day but, having resumed with a lead of 108 and 9 wickets in hand, they did no longer decide to buy dangers.
Sussex kept at it but with their spearhead Jofra Archer showing the outcomes of a protracted season and struggling for paunchy tempo and a stupid pitch blunting the efforts of the relaxation of their seam attack the hosts needed to work no longer easy for his or her wickets.
The big definite for Sussex modified into once Derby-born Stuart Whittingham, who claimed his maiden 5-wicket haul in exclusively his third Championship appearance of the season. Whittingham bowled with proper venom at times and the yorker which speared into Ben Slater’s stumps after the opener had made 45 would had been too factual for most batsmen.
After lunch Whittingham, who took eight wickets in two games against Derbyshire final season, persuaded Matt Critchley, who performed potentially the most fluent strokes of the day in his 51, to pull into the arms of deep mid-wicket when the bowler dropped short earlier than taking two wickets with the 2nd unusual ball.
Harvey Hosein demonstrated a lot of unravel but rapidly after reaching a 111-ball half-century – one of 5 within the match by Derbyshire batsmen – with four boundaries earlier than he sliced a paunchy-size ball to backward level.
Hardus Viljoen modified into once yorked by Whittingham, who had Will Davis caught at mid-wicket for 25 within the penultimate over. However the benefit with which Podmore batted suggests that Sussex’s batsmen is also in alternate on the final day.
With the pitch offering diminutive aid and no spinner in their attack to provide any diversity, it modified into once no longer easy work for the house attack, Whittingham aside.
Ollie Robinson modified into once rewarded for a factual opening spell when Wayne Madsen shuffled in front for 31 whereas a toe-crushing yorker from Garton modified into once too factual for Alex Hughes within the 2nd over after lunch.
