McAndrew takes five as leaders Sussex beat Northants
Vitality County Championship Division Two, County Ground, Northampton (day three)
Sussex 143 & 237: Haines 45; Procter 4-45
Northamptonshire 97 & 220 Gay 67, Broad 45; McAndrew 5-73
Sussex (19 pts) beat Northants (3 pts) by 63 runs
Sussex quick bowler Nathan McAndrew took five wickets, including two in three balls, to power his side to victory over Northamptonshire and cement their place at the top of Division Two in the County Championship.
Australian overseas signing McAndrew, who removed both openers on Monday, finished with figures of 5-73 as Northamptonshire were bowled out for 220, Sussex winning by 63 runs.
A short, fiery spell from overlooked England seamer Ollie Robinson did the early damage in gloomy, drizzly conditions.
Robinson found plenty of bounce and carry to remove Matthew Breetzke and Rob Keogh inside the first 20 minutes of the third morning at Wantage Road.
It was a spell which effectively dashed the hosts’ remaining hopes of chasing 284 to win.
While Robinson went off soon afterwards, Sussex kept the pressure on, removing the in-form Lewis McManus cheaply before a stubborn eighth-wicket partnership of 50 in 14 overs between Justin Broad (45) and Ben Sanderson (24) kept Northamptonshire in the chase.
But McAndrew, playing the second of two Championship matches this summer, then returned to take the last three wickets to earn his side their fifth win of the summer.
Report supplied by ECB Reporters' Network.
