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Archer and Jordan revive Sussex’s calypso spirit
- Updated: August 5, 2016
Sussex 291 for 6 (Joyce 92, Archer 60*, Jordan 59*) trail Essex 358 (ten Doeschate 83, Lawrence 65, Jordan 4-99, Archer 3-84) by 67 runs Scorecard
There Luke Wright was, wandering slowly from the field, strangled down the leg-side off David Masters, the sixth of six wickets to fall for just 49. Harry Finch, with a broken thumb, would only bat if absolutely required, so Wright’s big plan to haul Sussex back into the game looked in tatters, with just the bowlers left to bat.
That plan, for the first half of the day, had been going so well. First thing, Chris Jordan, a little luckless yet also a wee bit wayward on day one, bowled with verve and pace to dock Essex’s meek tail, picking up four wickets for five runs, as just 21 was added to the overnight score.
Then, for an hour each side of lunch, Ed Joyce batted with grace and class in the company of the more watchful Chris Nash to reach 124 without loss. Barely a bat was beaten, hardly an appeal uttered in anger. Joyce was in total control; he drove with precision, flicked crisply to leg and cut and pulled with elegance. When 100 came up, he had 72 and a fourth Championship century of the season – and 46th in first-class cricket (it is his stated aim to reach 50 this season) – seemed a formality. Nash, capable of scoring at such a lick, blocked away in awe.
Then, unplanned, came afternoon drinks. On a warm afternoon, Essex’s fielders were beginning to look beleaguered – and perhaps beguiled by Joyce – regrouped. The tight line, and perhaps a little nip, of Masters, with the first over of the break, caught Nash napping, and James Foster took a fine catch low to his right. Next over, Luke …
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