Hostile Viljoen wrecks Sussex bustle budge

Derbyshire 338 for 9 (Godleman 51, Reece 51, Wiese 4-63, Garton 3-79) and 31 for 1 lead Sussex 271 (Wright 70*, Viljoen 7-80) by 98 runs

South African Hardus Viljoen returned the single figures by a Derbyshire bowler for 2 years to place his aspect in a just steady situation in opposition to Sussex at Hove.

Viljoen took 7 for 80 with four of his victims neat bowled as Sussex, who must take to withhold their promotion field within the Specsavers County Championship, had been bowled out for 271 and conceded a first-innings deficit of 67.

In a closing session truncated by heavy showers, Derbyshire prolonged their lead to 98 though they did lose Luis Reece, successfully caught at 2nd dawdle by Chris Nash off Jofra Archer, sooner than they closed on 31 for 1.

Viljoen is in his first season with Derbyshire after signing as a Kolpak nonetheless his summer season has been hampered by knee and groin accidents. On the opposite hand, the 28-year-feeble, who removed England’s Alastair Cook with his first ball in his only Take a look at look in 2016, regarded the fragment here, bowling with tempo and aggression with four of his wickets coming one day of a 12-over spell either aspect of lunch.

Luke Wright, Sussex’s mature captain, acknowledged: “As a bunch we have had two execrable days if we’re being beautiful. However you get extra possibilities within the 2nd division and we’ll be taking a gaze to knock them over the following day after which budge a aim on the last day on a pitch which is exclusively steady-making an try beautiful.

“Viljoen is a immense strapping lad and bowls instant. He looks to get within and outside of rhythm nonetheless when he will get it steady he can get it by. However we should have viewed off his threat better.”

Sussex would had been in worse worry had Wright, who completed unbeaten on 70, and David Wiese now not put on 80 for the eighth wicket after they had slumped from 62 for 1 to 149 for 7 and regarded in hazard of being asked to apply on.

Angus Robson fell to Harry Podmore within the Middlesex loanee’s first over nonetheless Luke Wells (46) and Stiaan van Zyl (17) regarded moderately pleased in adding 61 for the 2nd wicket sooner than Viljoen returned to the attack. Van Zyl and Chris Nash (20) every performed on and Wells (46) changed into overwhelmed by one which seamed plain at tempo within the closing over sooner than lunch.

Ben Brown (23) changed into bowled over by extra jump and Viljoen had his 2nd five-wicket haul of the season when Archer spliced an tried pull to mid-on.

However when Viljoen had a breather, Wright and Wiese took succor with a radiant partnership which changed into ended by 16-year-feeble off-spinner Hamidullah Qadri, who had Wiese successfully taken by keeper Harvey Hosein as he pushed forward for 47.

Wright went past 50 for below the fourth time this season and hit eight fours, nonetheless he changed into left high and dry at the opposite close when Viljoen returned after tea to total the innings with successive balls as George Garton changed into caught within the back of and Derby-born Stuart Whittingham lost his off stump.

It changed into the principle time a Derbyshire bowler had taken seven wickets at Hove since Geoff Miller in 1977 and so that they had been the single figures by a non-English bowler for the county since Ian Bishop took 7 for 34 in opposition to Hampshire at Portsmouth in 1992.

Earlier, Derbyshire’s first innings had ended when Archer bowled Hosein for 38 with the principle ball of the day.