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Cox and Cummins revive Worcestershire’s day
- Updated: September 12, 2016
Sussex 50 for 4 (Cummins 3-19) trail Worcestershire 306 (Mitchell 75, Cox 69*, Magoffin 5-38) by 256 runs Scorecard
Sussex seamer Steve Magoffin reached 50 wickets for the fifth successive season before Worcestershire fought back on an entertaining first day at Hove.
Both sides are eyeing runners-up prize money in Division Two of the Specsavers County Championship and when Sussex took four wickets in 22 balls in the afternoon to leave Worcestershire on 178 for 7 they looked to have stolen a march on their rivals.
But skipper Ben Cox led an excellent counter-attack by Worcestershire’s lower order which saw 128 runs scored in 24 overs for the last three wickets with Cox last man out for an excellent 69 in a total of 306.
They then made inroads into a frail Sussex line-up which, in the absence of the injured Ed Joyce and Luke Wells, contained just four specialist batsmen, three of whom are uncapped.
Miguel Cummins removed two of them – Fynn Hudson-Prentice and Craig Cachopa – for ducks and then had …
