Sussex in a dominant position

BY Jon Culley

SUSSEX gave themselves an opportunity to secure a second win of the season that may see them top the County Championship Division Two table after forcing Leicestershire to follow-on.
The home side were dismissed for 270 in reply to Sussex’s 430 on day three at Grace Road, Ari Karvelas and Fynn Hudson-Prentice taking four wickets each as Leicestershire fought back from 160 for seven thanks largely to Rehan Ahmed (59 not out) and Chris Wright (48) but still fell short. They are 16 without loss following on.
A superb unbeaten innings of 182 by Tom Alsop, who shared...

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