Glamorgan 235 for six (Carlson 87, Mills 4-29) beat Sussex 190 for 8 (Hughes 74, Douthwaite 2-31) by 24 runs (DLS methodology)
Glamorgan eased to solely their third victory on this season’s Vitality Blast as they beat Sussex Sharks by 24 runs underneath the DLS methodology at Hove.
The guests laid the foundations for an enormous complete of 235 for six – the third-highest of their Blast historical past – once they plundered 81 within the powerplay as Sussex badly missed the management with the brand new ball usually supplied by Ollie Robinson, who was absent with a again niggle.
Carlson and co. set the tone by thrashing 75 within the first 5 overs after Glamorgan had been put in, together with 60 in boundaries. It wanted an ideal slower ball by Mills to stymie their progress which Will Smale pulled to midwicket after hitting eight fours and a six in a stand of 79 from simply 33 balls. Carlson then placed on 72 off 37 with Tom Bevan and 47 off 24 with Colin Ingram to keep up their momentum.
Mills was the one Sussex bowler within the first half of the innings to concede lower than ten runs in an over and his temper did not enhance when Tom Clark dropped the ball over the rope whereas failing to take a catch on the midwicket boundary supplied by Bevan.
Glamorgan may need fancied posting a rating of 250-plus once they had 194 on the board after 15 overs however, spearheaded by Mills, Sussex dragged it again barely by taking 4 wickets and solely conceding 39 within the closing 5.
Mills led the way in which with 4 for 29 as Ingram missed a straight one and Marnus Labuschagne drove to mid-on earlier than he snared Carlson, who struck three sixes and 9 fours, solely to be foxed by Mills’ speciality slower ball with a century in his sights.
Sussex had been left needing to attain at practically 12 an over however after shedding Harrison Ward within the second over Australian Hughes and one other left-hander, Clark, added 55 in 27 balls to maintain their problem alive.
However legspinner Mason Crane made a right away influence when he got here on within the seventh over with two wickets in his first three balls. Clark was stumped when he missed a googly and James Coles misplaced his center stump heaving throughout the road.
Hughes and John Simpson shared 49 off 31 balls however the required charge had climbed to 14.75 when Simpson didn’t clear long-on within the twelfth over. Hughes hit two sixes off Chris Sole when play resumed at 10.10pm however then he holed out to deep backward-square to successfully finish Sussex’s hopes.
