A high-five for Milnes

YORKSHIRE completed an innings and 128-run victory over Sussex midway through the fourth afternoon at Scarborough to hoist themselves out of the bottom two places in Division One, in turn dragging their visitors into the Rothesay County Championship relegation fight along with Durham.

- By GRAHAM HARDCASTLE, ECB REPORTERS NETWORK SUPPORTED BY ROTHESAY

Sussex started the final day on 115 for three in their second innings, trailing by 208.

On a deteriorating North Marine Road surface, their fate was obvious inside the day's opening 20 minutes as they lost three wickets for the addition of two runs in the opening 26 balls, teetering on 117 for six.

They were bowled out for 195, including five for 31 from 16.4 overs for new-ball seamer Matt Milnes - his first five-for in the Championship since September 2021 following injury. Fynn Hudson-Prentice finished 52 not out off 156 balls.

Yorkshire's third win yielded 22 points, Sussex's fourth defeat handing them only two.

The gap between the sides is now just a solitary point ahead of the September run-in. The pair meet again at Hove midway through next month, one of three remaining games.