Report
Luke Wells skippered Sussex in the Championship for the very first time and marked the honour wth a century
ECB Reporters Network
19-Sep-2017
Durham 8 for 1 path Sussex 346 (Wells 122, van Zyl 92, Rushworth 4-64, Jennings 3-37)
Captaining Sussex for the very first time, Luke Wells led from the front with his 3rd century of the season in the Specsavers County Championship match versus Durham at Chester-le-Street.
He followed his 258 versus the exact same challengers at Hove in May by making 122 in an overall of 346, to which Durham responded with 8 for one, Keaton Jennings’ unpleasant run continuing when he was lbw to Ollie Robinson off the last ball of the day.
On 37, Wells reached 1,000 champion runs for the very first time, shaking off the very first ball termination of Harry Finch to share a second-wicket stand of 186 with Stiaan van Zyl.
Wells’ desire to bat on a bright early morning was vindicated as he picked to toss and was obligingly put in by Paul Collingwood.
There was much playing and missing out on as the ball nipped around in the very first hour, with Rushworth and Graham Onions well supported by the pacy Brydon Carse in his 2nd look of the season.
The edges which avoided Durham then showed up when the 2nd brand-new ball was taken and the last 5 wickets decreased for 18 runs in 6.3 overs. Out of the promo frame, Sussex handed chances to Laurie Evans and Phil Salt. Both fell to Jennings, who likewise strangled Wells down the leg side with a harmless ball and had figures of 5-0-22-3 at one phase.
Wells clattered anything brief and broad of off stump, as when he sculpted Carse over backwards point for the 4 which took him to 50 off 101 balls. He sped up to finish his century off 178 balls by accepting a present from Rushworth, which he leg glanced for his 13th 4.
Van Zyl scored one off his very first 26 balls however 2 whipped pulls for 4 off succeeding balls from Carse got him going.
He advanced of Wells however succumbed to 92 when he sliced a drive off James Weighell to point then Evans made just 19 before edging behind off the penultimate ball before tea.
Salt struck 2 charming fours off Jennings in his 11 before falling lbw trying to pull a ball which kept a shade low.
Luke Wright struck numerous effective drives through the covers in making 43 off 68 balls and place on 53 with Michael Burgess, deputising for hurt captain Ben Brown.
Both left in the very first 2 overs with the brand-new ball, Burgess being a shade unfortunate when he played a ball from Rushworth into his stumps with simply adequate force to eliminate a bail.
