{"id":14092,"date":"2026-04-27T22:50:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T21:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=14092"},"modified":"2026-04-27T22:50:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T21:50:37","slug":"county-championship-joe-root-in-wickets-as-sussex-bat-out-draw-at-yorkshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=14092","title":{"rendered":"County Championship: Joe Root in wickets as Sussex bat out draw at Yorkshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">George Hill struck with only his second ball during the early stages of day four, a full ball trapping nightwatchman Jack Carson lbw for six.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">That brought together Clark, who finished with 16 fours in 177 balls, and England Lion Coles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Here is a player in Clark who clearly likes batting in the month of April. He has scored three of his five career Championship centuries in the summer&#8217;s opening month dating back to his first in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Unfortunately for the 24-year-old, he was stopped just short of another by Root, caught behind during the first half of the afternoon as the score fell to 224-5, a lead of 215.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lions all-rounder Coles, is one of the most talked about young players in the country after his recent \u00a3390,000 pick by London Spirit in The Hundred.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He counter-attacked and was punishing on anything which erred in length &#8211; either full or short. One on-driven boundary against Hill was as good as any shot across the four days played out on a benign pitch, while he later viciously pulled the other morning wicket-taker Jhye Richardson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Australia Test quick Richardson struggled for rhythm in this match and leaked runs in both innings. But he did bowl Daniel Hughes with a beauty late on day three and bowled Coles just before lunch on day four as the batter advanced down the pitch towards the off-side and was undone looking to hit to leg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">That left Sussex at 152-4 just before lunch, a lead of 146.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Yorkshire employed spin from both ends for the majority of the afternoon in Root and fellow off-spinner Dom Bess, and they had success as Sussex fell to 234-7 with a little over 45 overs remaining in the day &#8211; a lead of 225.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Clark&#8217;s departure was followed by Jack Leaning brilliantly caught one-handed at slip by Hill off Bess for 40, the catcher anticipating a reverse sweep. Root then flattened first-innings centurion John Simpson&#8217;s off-stump for only six.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Root then had Tom Price caught at backward point for 13 &#8211; 252-8. Price was batting with a runner following the ankle injury he suffered fielding at the start of day three.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sussex reached tea at 272-8 leading by 263 with 32 overs remaining, and their task of batting for survival had been all but rubber-stamped.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Root bowled with the new ball after tea as the game drifted while Sussex captain Ollie Robinson finished unbeaten on 41.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\">Report by ECB Reporters&#8217; Network, supported by Rothesay.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Hill struck with only his second ball during the early stages of day four, a full ball trapping nightwatchman Jack Carson lbw for six. That brought together Clark, who finished with 16 fours in 177 balls, and England Lion Coles. 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