Ward and Hughes blitz buries Essex

By Martin Smith

June 14, The County Ground, Chelmsford
Essex Eagles 178-9
Sussex Sharks 181-2
Sussex won by 8 wickets
Toss: Toss: Sussex, who elected to field

Four more: Daniel Hughes, along with Harrison Ward, made the chase a formality
PICTURE: Alamy

A STUNNING exhibition of hitting from openers Harrison Ward and Daniel Hughes gave Sussex the platform for an eight-wicket victory with 26 balls to spare against an Essex team who had axed their captain Simon Harmer.
The first-wicket pair put on 99 inside eight overs – including 32 from one Daniel Sams over – as ...

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