f34609 cc16262	Somerset v Sussex
	Schweppes County Championship 1983
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 25th, 26th, 27th May 1983 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 10 wickets
Points	Somerset 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2); Sussex 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	DGL Evans, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 408/6 (AP Wells 61*, Gould 33*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 55/1 (Lloyds 25*, Richards 29*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GD Mendis	b Garner	65
AM Green	c Marks b Garner	12
*JRT Barclay	c Botham b Marks	26
CM Wells	b Lloyds	63
PWG Parker	lbw b Marks	79
AP Wells	not out	61
IA Greig	c Popplewell b Marks	59
+IJ Gould	not out	33
GS le Roux	did not bat
ACS Pigott	did not bat
CE Waller	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 5 nb, 2 w)	10
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 121 overs)	408
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-96, 3-132, 4-235, 5-261, 6-343

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Garner	20	4	49	2	-	-
Dredge	11	1	44	0	-	-
Botham	6	0	25	0	-	-
Marks	37	9	112	3	-	-
Lloyds	27	6	108	1	-	-
Richards	12	4	32	0	-	-
Roebuck	2	0	15	0	-	-
Popplewell	6	0	13	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Lloyds	b Pigott	12
PM Roebuck	st Gould b Barclay	19
IVA Richards	c Gould b le Roux	2
*BC Rose	c Barclay b Pigott	52
PW Denning	c and b Waller	36
IT Botham	c Pigott b Waller	27
NFM Popplewell	c and b Barclay	9
VJ Marks	st Gould b Waller	26
+T Gard	run out	0
CH Dredge	c AP Wells b le Roux	6
J Garner	not out	23
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 89 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-19, 3-61, 4-121, 5-159, 6-160, 7-187, 8-187, 9-196, 10-224 (89 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
le Roux	16	3	44	2	-	-
Pigott	20	3	55	2	-	-
Greig	5	0	15	0	-	-
Barclay	26	10	54	2	-	-
Waller	22	10	44	3	-	-

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Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Lloyds	c sub (SJ Storey) b le Roux	31
PM Roebuck	b Pigott	0
IVA Richards	b Barclay	30
*BC Rose	b Barclay	5
PW Denning	c sub (SJ Storey) b Barclay	4
NFM Popplewell	c Mendis b le Roux	3
IT Botham	c AP Wells b Pigott	81
VJ Marks	c Barclay b Pigott	3
+T Gard	c AP Wells b Greig	22
CH Dredge	c sub (SJ Storey) b Pigott	6
J Garner	not out	2
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 64.4 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-62, 3-62, 4-67, 5-72, 6-95, 7-100, 8-156, 9-173, 10-190 (64.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
le Roux	22	5	80	2	-	-
Pigott	13.4	1	44	4	-	-
Greig	15	2	33	1	-	-
Barclay	14	8	30	3	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GD Mendis	not out	8
AM Green	not out	0
*JRT Barclay	did not bat
CM Wells	did not bat
PWG Parker	did not bat
AP Wells	did not bat
IA Greig	did not bat
+IJ Gould	did not bat
GS le Roux	did not bat
ACS Pigott	did not bat
CE Waller	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 0.2 overs)	8

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gard	0.2	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Sussex score at 100 overs in the first innings was 337-5
--> IT Botham (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> PW Denning (2) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> ACS Pigott reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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IT Botham kept wicket in the Sussex second innings