Mushtaq stars as Sussex dominate

County Championship D2, Worcester: Worcestershire 100 & 0-0 v Sussex 512-8 dec (day two, stumps)

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Mushtaq Ahmed took five wickets to put Sussex on course for a crushing win over Worcestershire at New Road.

The veteran Pakistani leg-spinner helped skittle the hosts for 100 and they were 0-0 following on in one over before bad light forced an early end.

Their last seven wickets fell for 22 runs in 43 balls first time around.

Earlier, skipper Chris Adams added one to his 90 after a two-hour rain delay but Andrew Hodd (72) and Luke Wright (55no) helped Sussex to 512-8 declared.

Adams sliced the fifth delivery of the day to gully off Kabir Ali before Hodd, with his first Championship fifty, and Robin Martin-Jenkins pushed the champions past 400.

Hodd then added 60 in 11 overs with Wright, who thrashed 48 in four with Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (26no off 15 balls).

Worcestershire were soon in tatters as Phil Jacques pushed defensively forward to Jason Lewry and was caught behind, skipper Vikram Solanki was caught in front of square and Ben Smith was snapped up at first slip.

Stephen Moore and Graeme Hick added 50 off 12 overs before Hick and Steven Davies were snapped up at silly point off Mushtaq and the rest subsided rapidly.