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Friday, July 25, 2014

NatWest T20 Blast, Chelmsford Essex v Sussex Friday July 25,2014


Sussex pulled off a world-record run chase with nine balls to spare against T20 Blast South Group winners Essex.


Luke Wright smashed an unbeaten 153 - the fourth-highest ever T20 score - which included 12 fours and 11 sixes to see Sussex to 226-3.
The previous highest successful chase had been Cape Cobras' 224-5 against Titans in 2011
Tom Westley's unbeaten 109 and Jesse Ryder's 75 had given Essex their second-highest ever T20 total of 225-3.
But their work was completely undone by Luke Wright, who faced only 66 balls, and together with Matt Machan (41 not out) put on 159 for the fourth wicket at Chelmsford - the biggest partnership in Sussex's T20 history
Like Wright created history with a show of T20 batting which is only rivalled by Chris Gayle's unbeaten 175, Brendon McCullum's unbeaten 158 and Aaron Finch's 156.

Scorecard

Essex 225/3 in 20 Overs 




Runs Minutes Balls 4s 6s
Pettini run out (Cachopa) 2 3 4 0 0
Ryder c Machan b Nash 75 48 37 8 4
Westley not out 109 77 58 12 5
Bopara lbw b Yasir Arafat 4 11 6 0 0
ten Doeschate not out 30 20 15 2 2
Extras 0nb 5w 0b 0lb 5
Total for 3 (20.0 ovs) 225
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
Hatchet 4.0 0 39 0
Hobden 2.0 0 36 0
Yasir Arafat 4.0 0 49 1
Beer 2.0 0 20 0
Piolet 4.0 0 47 0
Nash 4.0 0 34 1
Fall of Wicket
2 Pettini
126 Ryder
150 Bopara

Sussex 226/3 in 18.3 overs



Runs Minutes Balls 4s 6s
Nash b Masters 0 2 3 0 0
Wright not out 153 70 66 12 11
Cachopa b Napier 10 4 8 2 0
Finch run out (Smith) 12 16 8 2 0
Machan not out 41 48 26 1 2
Extras 0nb 4w 1b 5lb 10
Total for 3 (18.3 ovs) 226
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
Masters 3.0 0 25 1
Phillips 3.0 0 39 0
Napier 3.3 0 49 1
Topley 4.0 0 49 0
Bopara 4.0 0 42 0
Ryder 1.0 0 16 0
Fall of Wicket
0 Nash
14 Cachopa
67 Finch



Squads

Essex

Mark Pettini
Jesse Ryder
Thomas Westley
Ravinder Bopara
Ryan Ten Doeschate (C)
Gregory Smith
James Foster (W)
Graham Napier
Tim Phillips
David Masters
Reece Topley

Sussex

Luke Wright
Chris Nash (C)
Craig Cachopa
Matthew Machan
Harry Finch
Ben Brown (W)
Steffan Piolet
Will Beer
Yasir Satti
Lewis Hatchett
Matthew Hobden


Successful leading run chases in world T20 cricket

Sussex 226-3 (18.3 overs) v Essex at Chelmsford - 25 July 2014
Cape Cobras 224-5 (19.4 overs) v Titans at Centurion - 9 March 2011
Somerset 220-4 (18.0 overs) v Hampshire at Taunton - 9 July 2010
Central Districts 220-4 (19.0 overs) v Otago at Dunedin - 27 January 2006
Rajasthan Royals 217-7 (19.5 overs) v Deccan Chargers at Hyderabad - 24 April 2008

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