Northamptonshire, and bad light, deny Sussex an opening County Championship Division Two victory at Hove.
Haines 133, Coles 78, Hudson-Prentice 73, Carson 61; Zaib 4-84Bad light and determined resistance by Lewis McManus frustrated Sussex's bid to pull off an unlikely victory over Northamptonshire on a gripping final day at Hove.But, with Northants ahead by 63, umpires Paul Baldwin and Surendiran Shanmugam decided it was too gloomy even for spin - and hands were shaken on a draw,
Having established a first-innings lead of 107 before declaring on 478-9, they reduced Northants to 57-4.Skipper Luke Procter settled Northants nerves before left-arm spinner James Coles revived Sussex hopes with three of the four wickets that fell in 7.1 overs after tea that left the visitors on 152-8.
"With each spell he bowled he got better. The only way to get rhythm is to bowl overs and the more he bowled the better he looked. "It was a tough day and a tough watch, a nerve-wracker. We got away with one but we've come out with 13 points and we crack on.
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