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A BLISTERING half century from Australian Alex Carey at the top of the innings, with useful support from the middle order, enabled Sussex to easily overcome Glamorgan’s challenge and remain at the top of the Southern group.
The home team meanwhile have yet to win a game this season in the T20 Blast, and have just the final game, home against Hampshire on Friday, to redeem themselves.
Sussex, needing to score at 8.5 an over, were without their captain and opening batsman Luke Wright who had damaged his wrist whilst fielding but Alex Carey proved a capable deputy by destroying the Glamorgan attack in the opening overs.
Marchant De Lange was struck for 33 in his two overs, Carey raced to 50 from 23 balls and after six overs Sussex were 72 without loss27 runs ahead of Glamorgan after the power play.
Salter then dismissed both batsmen, Phil Salt was bowled heaving across the line, then Carey feathered a catch to the wicketkeeper
Salter took his third wicket in the twelfth over when Delroy Rawlins swung across the line, but Sussex remained in control, needing 55 from the remaining eight overs.
With David Wiese hitting arguably the biggest six seen at the ground – the ball striking the wall of the Media centre – and Laurie
Evans also punishing some loose bowling, Sussex strode home with 19 balls to spare.
Glamorgan, who opted to bat first, made a steady start with Nick Selman, playing only his third game in the competition this season, and Shaun Marsh scoring 45 from the power play overs with Selman punishing Jason Behrendorff for 17 in his third over.
The opening pair had put on 72, with Selman scoring 40 from 23 balls, which included five fours and two sixes, were separated in the 10th over, when Selman was caught on the long off boundary in Will Beer’s second over.
Following Selman’s dismissal, Marsh began to accelerate, reaching his fifty from 44 balls, with Glamorgan reaching 100 in the 13 th over.
He added a further two runs before was caught on the square leg boundary for 52, with four fours and two sixes.
Glamorgan were 164 for 2 with two overs remaining, but Ingram, after a lean season by his standards, scoring only one fifty in the opening game, scored a half century from 39 balls, before departing to the first ball of the 18th over where Robinson held on to a well judged catch on the extra cover boundary.
A couple of lusty blows from Lloyd and Chris Cooke enabled the home team to a competitive total. ■ AUSTRALIA coach Justin Langer wants to see an improvement in the way they use the decision review system after Ben Stokes was given a lifeline en route to helping England level the Ashes.
Stokes anchored an England record fourth-innings chase of 359 with one wicket to spare as the allrounder produced a breathtaking 135 not out at a sun-drenched Headingley to square the series at 1-1.
He was given a major let-off with two runs still required when Nathan Lyon struck his pad but, when umpire Joel Wilson kept his finger down, Australia were left counting the cost of burning their last remaining review in the previous over bowled by Pat Cummins when ball-tracking showed all three reds.
A deflated Langer lamented Australia’s use of DRS in recent weeks though he was reticent to criticise Wilson for his blunder following a breathtaking climax to the third Test.
The former Australia opener said: “We’ve been really poor at it this whole series. We’ve talked a lot about getting better at our reviews. Certainly we have control of that.
“We’ve got a way we go about it but sometimes you don’t quite get it right. The one off Pat Cummins was getting pretty desperate at the end and that often happens. That’s just how it works out.
“It’s 1-1 in the series and we’ve been so close - one more wicket and we’re 2-0 up and feeling pretty good about ourselves but that’s sport and we’ll pick ourselves up.
“We’re all feeling it. My gosh, you’ve got no idea how much that hurts losing, you have no idea. But whether you’re the captain, coach or a senior player, you’ve got to get up.”