Mohammad Rizwan seal thrilling chase against Derbyshire

Sussex 337 and 345 for 5 (Orr 141, Mohammad Rizwan 76*, Alsop 55) beat Derbyshire 551 for 8 Dec (Madsen 176, Dal 146*) and 127 for 7 Dec (Reece 42*, Brooks 5-46) by five wickets

Opener Ali Orr made a career-best 141 as Sussex pulled off a remarkable run-chase against Derbyshire to claim their first win since April 2021 in the LV=County Championship.

Orr superbly supported by Tom Alsop and Mohammad Rizwan, who made 55 and 76 not out respectively. As Sussex chased down a target of 342 in 76 overs to win by five wickets with 17 balls to spare at Hove.

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Orr caught on the mid-wicket boundary when Sussex still needed 68. But Rizwan – making his last appearance for the county. Before returning to international duty with Pakistan – saw them home in relative comfort.

Rizwan immediately got into one-day mode as he picked up the tempo. The Derbyshire attack struggled to defend the short boundary on the scoreboard side. They weren’t helped, either, by no fewer than six ball-changes.

Although Rizwan hampered by what looked like a hamstring injury shortly after reaching his fifty. He always had the chase under control. Even when Orr departed to a standing ovation after he caught on the mid-wicket boundary off Luis Reece. Also Having faced 203 balls and batted for a shade under four hours.

Cameos from Delray Rawlins and Ollie Carter made sure Sussex didn’t lose their way and Rizwan was unbeaten on 76 from 80 balls, with a six and nine fours, when Dan Ibrahim hit the winning boundary and Sussex could celebrate their first Championship victory since August 2020 and first in front of their supporters since August 2019.