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Live: Sussex Sharks v Yorkshire Men, MBODC
Yorkshire face Sussex Sharks at Hove in their penultimate Group B fixture today, and the knockouts are looming for the White Rose. One more win will almost certainly seal top spot in the group and a home semi-final next Sunday. Follow our blog for live updates to see if it can be achieved today.
Milnes makes it a high five!
Five players have now taken List A hat-tricks for the county, of which there have been six.
Paul Jarvis, Darren Gough twice, Craig White and Matthew Revis are the others, with Matt Milnes joining the list.
Sussex are 255-8 in the 47th over.
Sussex 243-7, 44.5 overs
HAT-TRICK!!!!
Matt Milnes has just trapped Archie Lenham lbw and has six wickets.
Sussex are 243-8 in the 45th over.
Outstanding.
Picture by John Clifton/SWPix.com.
Sussex 243-7, 44.4 overs
Oli Carter caught Ben Cliff bowled Matt Milnes, 94.
An excellent career best innings from the Sussex back-up keeper-batter comes to a close just short of a century.
Milnes has his fourth wicket, and it comes as Carter looks to reverse and can only lob it to short third.
And Milnes has five with one next ball. Jack Carson is caught at long-on.
Danny Lamb remains on 31.
10 overs remaining
Sussex are 201-5 are now looking beyond the 250 we mentioned earlier.
They have recovered this innings very impressively, with Oli Carter at the heart of that.
He’s unbeaten on a career best 73.
Carter 50
Oli Carter reaches hi fifty in 56 balls and has helped Sussex recovery from 24-3.
They are 175-5 in the 37th over.
Around the grounds...
Durham are 165-6 in the 36th over at home to Warwickshire.
Kent 194-5 in the 39th at home to Somerset.
Northamptonshire 176-7 in the 34th at home to Middlesex.
Sussex 163-5, 33.5 overs
John Simpson lbw Dom Bess, 65.
Trapped in front slog sweeping.
Oli Carter has 45 and has been joined by Danny Lamb.
That wicket ends a 79-run partnership.
Simpson 50
John Simpson reaches his fifty in 66 balls.
Sussex 125-4 in the 30th over.
Sussex 114-4, 27 overs
John Simpson and Oli Carter have just taken 16 off Dan Moriarty in the 27th over, including two fours and a Carter six over long-on.
Simpson 46, Carter 16.
Sussex 97-4, 25 overs
We’re halfway through the Sussex innings, and you feel like they’re aiming for around 250 tops here after an unsettled start.
Yorkshire continue to impress in this campaign, and Matt Milnes has stood out so far with three cheap wickets.
John Simpson the key for the hosts. He has 36 alongside Oli Carter, 8.
Sussex 84-4, 21.2 overs
Charlie Tear caught James Wharton bowled Ben Cliff, 35.
Caught by Wharton in the deep, just in front of square on the leg-side.
Timely wicket for Yorkshire just to stymie the recovery. Cliff’s first over back, too.
Sussex 72-3, 19 overs
This game is being played on a used pitch, the same one on which Sussex have played their last two games prior to this.
Sussex 58-3, 17th over
Charlie Tear has 29 and captain John Simpson 12.
The hosts are in the early stages of a recovery job from 24-3.
One Matt replaces another
Revis is on for Milnes from the Sea End.
Milnes 3-17 from six overs has been replaced, with Sussex 47-3 after 12 overs.
Sussex 32-3, 10th over
Charlie Tear has 13 and John Simpson 3.
George Hill is into the attack from the Cromwell Road End and is bowling his second over.
Sussex 24-3, 6.4 overs
Fynn Hudson-Prentice lbw Matt Milnes, 2.
Another which looked very out.
Milnes has struck three times in six balls, and Yorkshire are motoring.
Sussex 18-2, 5 overs
Tom Clark lbw Matt Milnes, 0.
Two in two balls for Milnes. Very out, stuck on the crease.
Clark has pretty much walked before the decision was made.
Sussex 18-1, 4.5 overs
Tom Haines caught behind Harry Duke bowled Matt Milnes, 12.
Haines feels for one outside off-stump and is caught behind by Duke going to his left.
Tom Clark in now alongside Charlie Tear, 5.
Sussex 9-0, 2 overs
Ben Cliff is sharing the new ball for Yorkshire.
Milnes with the new ball
Matt Milnes has the new ball for Yorkshire.
He’s bowling to Charlie Tear. Tom Haines is the other Sussex opener.
Sussex win it and bat
Yorkshire: Adam Lyth, Imam-Ul-Haq, Matthew Revis, James Wharton, Fin Bean, Harry Duke w, George Hill, Dom Bess c, Matt Milnes, Ben Cliff, Dan Moriarty.
Matthew Revis back from Hundred duty.
Three games to watch out for
The other three games which matter to Yorkshire today are Durham v Warwickshire, Kent v Somerset and Northamptonshire v Middlesex.
Good morning...
From The 1st Central County Ground, Hove.
It’s a glorious morning on the South Coast ahead of an 11am start for game number seven of eight in Group B.
Yorkshire have won five of six so far and are nearly there in terms of the knockouts.
They’re likely to seal a top-three finish with the haul of 20 points they currently have, added to a strong net run-rate.
The only way Yorkshire could finish outside of the top three is if they lose today and at Kent on Tuesday and all of Somerset, Warwickshire and Middlesex win both of their remaining games.
So, that would be eight results having to go against the White Rose both today and Tuesday.
A reminder, the top three qualify for the knockouts, which are made up of two semi-finals and two quarter-finals. The second and third teams in Group A and B advance to the quarters, which are scheduled for next Thursday.
They face off for the right to play a semi-final away at the winners of each group, which would be next Sunday.
And Yorkshire are in an incredibly strong position to achieve top spot in Group B. Given the strength of their net run-rate, which is far and away better than that of any of their rivals, one more win would almost certainly secure it.
Yorkshire beat Durham by 212 runs at Scarborough on Friday, a game which saw Ben Coad pick up a hamstring injury. He will be scanned on Tuesday, so won’t be involved here or at Canterbury on Tuesday.
Sussex, currently sat fifth in the group on 12 points – four behind Somerset, Warwickshire and Middlesex, realistically need to win their last two games to have any chance of progression.
Enjoy the day.
