da betobet： Lewis Hatchett boosted his hopes of landing a professional contract at Sussexwith the first five-wicket haul of his career on the opening day of theCounty Championship match against Leicestershire at Grace Road
29-Jul-2010
ScorecardLewis Hatchett boosted his hopes of landing a professional contract at Sussexwith the first five-wicket haul of his career on the opening day of theCounty Championship match against Leicestershire at Grace Road.The 20-year-old left-arm seamer took 5 for 47 as Leicestershire slumped to204 all out after being put into bat. Only Australian all-rounder Andrew McDonald coped with the bowler-friendly conditions, top-scoring with a fluent 63 that included 13 boundaries.By the close Division Two leaders Sussex had reached 128 for 4 in theirreply, with Chris Nash hitting an unbeaten half-century off 67 balls. But the day belonged to Hatchett, playing in only the second Championship game of his career and still looking to earn himself a contract having progressed through the Sussex academy.The overcast conditions and stiff breeze blowing across the ground suited himperfectly and he claimed the first wicket of the match with a swinging deliverythat trapped Will Jefferson lbw.There was then a lengthy wait before Hatchett struck again, but when he did itwas in spectacular fashion. He finished off the Leicestershire innings by takingthe last four wickets for six runs in 11 balls.Claude Henderson was bowled for 11, Nadeem Malik caught behind off the nextball while Wayne White and Matthew Hoggard both had their stumps uprooted by twomore excellent deliveries.To complete his performance Hatchett also ran out Tom New with a superb throwfrom square leg. McDonald was the only Leicestershire batsman who looked capable of coping withthe swinging ball and a series of powerfully struck drives took him to 50 from61 balls with 40 of the runs coming in boundaries.Ironically he was the one batsman to fall to spin, trapped lbw by a quickerdelivery from Monty Panesar having scored 63 off 80 balls. Veteran Paul Nixon with 22 was the next highest scorer while 28 extras helped boost Leicestershire’s total.But Hoggard also revelled in the helpful conditions when Sussex batted, pickingup the wickets of Mike Yardy, Ed Joyce and Luke Wright in 10 overs at a cost of42 runs.Nash held the Sussex innings together, reaching the close on 52 not out, withthe visitors still 76 runs behind.