Captain Luke Wright wants Sussex to use their second win of the season as a spark to fire a promotion charge.
Sussex wasted no time wrapping up victory on the final day as they required just 17 balls to take the last of the nine Gloucestershire wickets they needed to win by an innings and two runs.
Steve Magoffin did the trick, bowling Jack Taylor for 56 to seal the win and continue Sussex’s unbeaten run.
Wright now wants to push on with five matches left to stop the season fizzling out.
He said: “We need to get on a run and see where it takes us. We feel confident in this form of the game now. We need to put pressure on the guys right up at the top.
“Essex are in a good position, but we need to focus on ourselves, get some wins under our belt, and then keep ourselves in contention for the last two or three games.
“We can’t afford any slip-ups, because we don’t want to have to play the last couple just for pride.”
Sussex had taken total control of the game on the second and third days, as centuries from Luke Wells and Ben Brown built a 160-run lead on first innings.
With Liam Norwell absent with a head injury sustained while batting on the second morning, Sussex only required nine second innings wicket and, either side of tea on Monday, they picked up eight of them for just 112.
In their way yesterday morning, though, stood the Taylor brothers, Jack and Matt, who – even with an extra eight overs taken on the third day – made it to stumps just 11 runs behind, with the former smacking three sixes in his 52 not out.
Their resistance briefly continued, with Matt punching Magoffin through the covers for four in the first over, and Jack – who looked to farm the strike – hitting Chris Jordan down the ground for four more.
But in Magoffin’s second over, Jack Taylor looked to clear the infield and smash Gloucestershire into the lead, but was bowled for 56 to become the Australian’s seventh wicket of the match.
Wright was pleased Sussex were finally able to turn the screw and force a win when nine of their previous matches had ended in draws.
He said: “I’m delighted. It’s felt like this result has been coming for a while, we just haven’t been able to get over the line.
“On this wicket, if they were four or five down it might have been a tough day.
“After day one, and their recovery from 34-4, the dressing room just felt deflated.
“Everyone came back very determined and there was belief we could bat big, and we did that.
“It was a great feeling to put ourselves in that position last night, and it felt like the old days.”
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Sussex wasted no time wrapping up victory on the final day as they required just 17 balls to take the last of the nine Gloucestershire wickets they needed to win by an innings and two runs.
Steve Magoffin did the trick, bowling Jack Taylor for 56 to seal the win and continue Sussex’s unbeaten run.
Wright now wants to push on with five matches left to stop the season fizzling out.
He said: “We need to get on a run and see where it takes us. We feel confident in this form of the game now. We need to put pressure on the guys right up at the top.
“Essex are in a good position, but we need to focus on ourselves, get some wins under our belt, and then keep ourselves in contention for the last two or three games.
“We can’t afford any slip-ups, because we don’t want to have to play the last couple just for pride.”
Sussex had taken total control of the game on the second and third days, as centuries from Luke Wells and Ben Brown built a 160-run lead on first innings.
With Liam Norwell absent with a head injury sustained while batting on the second morning, Sussex only required nine second innings wicket and, either side of tea on Monday, they picked up eight of them for just 112.
In their way yesterday morning, though, stood the Taylor brothers, Jack and Matt, who – even with an extra eight overs taken on the third day – made it to stumps just 11 runs behind, with the former smacking three sixes in his 52 not out.
Their resistance briefly continued, with Matt punching Magoffin through the covers for four in the first over, and Jack – who looked to farm the strike – hitting Chris Jordan down the ground for four more.
But in Magoffin’s second over, Jack Taylor looked to clear the infield and smash Gloucestershire into the lead, but was bowled for 56 to become the Australian’s seventh wicket of the match.
Wright was pleased Sussex were finally able to turn the screw and force a win when nine of their previous matches had ended in draws.
He said: “I’m delighted. It’s felt like this result has been coming for a while, we just haven’t been able to get over the line.
“On this wicket, if they were four or five down it might have been a tough day.
“After day one, and their recovery from 34-4, the dressing room just felt deflated.
“Everyone came back very determined and there was belief we could bat big, and we did that.
“It was a great feeling to put ourselves in that position last night, and it felt like the old days.”
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