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The final nail?
By David Slater
September 3 2003
The Crusaders suffered a potentially fatal blow in their promotion bid this evening when they lost by 8 wickets to Sussex under the lights at Hove. Having chosen to bat first, the 'sex set a imposing total of 247/6. Weekes top scoring on 91.
Despite the lose of 2 early wickets the bowlers never stood a chance when Goodwin (118 n/o) and Adams (115 n/o) came together. 228 runs later the match was over, and unless Hampshire lose all their remaining games, so were Middlesex's chances of promotion


Middlesex innings
Weekes b Lewry 91
*Strauss c Goodwin b Martin-Jenkins 18
Keegan c Prior b Martin-Jenkins 18
Shah b Davis 33
Joyce c Taylor b Martin-Jenkins 40
Dalrymple c Adams b Martin-Jenkins 0
Hutton not out 13
Cook not out 19
Extras 15

Total (6 wickets, 45 overs) 247


DNB: Gannon, Bloomfield, +Alleyne.


Sussex innings (target: 248 runs)
Goodwin not out 118
Cottey c Alleyne b Keegan 5
+Ambrose c Shah b Keegan 1
*Adams not out 115
Extras 10

Total (2 wickets, 43.2 overs) 249

To Bat: Martin-Jenkins, Prior, Hopkinson, Davis, Mushtaq Ahmed, Lewry, Taylor.

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