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Sussex crush Derbyshire in style
Derbyshire 242 & 225 Sussex 576-3 dec Sussex win by an innings and 109 runs
DAY THREE was a formality really as Sussex steadily took the eight wickets they required to complete an innings victory.
Monty Panesar (67-4) and Corey Collymore (50-4) were the pick of the Sussex bowlers, with four wickets each. The match was effectively won on day two when Sussex racked up 576-3 declared - the first time the top four batsman had scored a century in their history.
73rd over: Wicket. And that's the game as Yasir Arafat knocks over Mark Footitt's leg stump with the Derbyshire man retreating towards square leg.
Sussex win by an innings and 109 runs.
70th over: Wicket. Monty needs just one more for a five fer, thanks to Andy Hodd's stumping of Steffan Jones, who had aimed a few lusty blows towards the tennis courts in this over.
69th over: 200 up. Steve Adshead brings up the Derbyshire 200 with a well timed hook off Yasir Arafat.
64th over: Wicket. Jonathan Clare becomes another Monty victim after a big leg before shout. The end is nigh.
56th over: Wicket. Monty continues from the Church End, and traps Greg Smith lbw one short of his half century.
53rd over: Wicket. Robin Peterson perishes to a flying Murray Goodwin catch as he tucks Corey Collymore off his legs uppishly.
It's just a matter of time now.
47th over and lunch: Wicket. Monty Panesar has been twirling away without much luck, but find the edge of Dan Redfern's bat with the final ball before lunch.
31st over: Wicket. Luke Wright comes into the attack and traps Wes Durston leg before with the first ball of his first over.
26th over: Wicket. The first wicket of the day falls. Wayne Madsen, who had played some sumptuous drives this morning, is caught at short leg by Ben Brown off Corey Collymore.
11am: Play gets underway, Corey Collymore with the first over of the day
Derbyshire resume on 27-2 after a record breaking day in which the top four Sussex batsmen scored centuries on the way to 576-3 declared.
Corey Collymore took two wickets last night and Derbyshire need to score 307 more runs to make the home side bat again.
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