Sussex promoted to Division One after innings victory

Jubliant Sussex needed less than a session of the third day to wrap up an innings victory over Gloucestershire at Bristol and clinch promotion from Division Two of the County Championship with a game to spare.
Resuming on 140-3 in their second innings, trailing by 62 runs, Gloucestershire were skittled for 195, left-arm seamer Jaydev Unadkat finishing with 3-39 and match figures of 7-71, while Henry Crocombe took 4-22.
The margin of victory was an innings and seven runs, Sussex taking 21 points to Gloucestershire’s three from an eighth Championship win of a memorable campaign and building an...

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