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| Venue | County Ground, Hove on 26th, 28th, 29th July 1980 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Sussex 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Essex 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | JG Langridge, R Palmer |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 207/4 (Hardie 65*, Pringle 6*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (2) 28/0 (Denness 7*, McEvoy 19*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MH Denness | b Imran Khan | 6 | |||||
| MSA McEvoy | c Phillipson b le Roux | 15 | |||||
| KS McEwan | c Long b le Roux | 31 | |||||
| *KWR Fletcher | b Imran Khan | 57 | |||||
| BR Hardie | c Waller b le Roux | 73 | |||||
| DR Pringle | c Long b le Roux | 14 | |||||
| S Turner | c Barclay b le Roux | 43 | |||||
| N Phillip | c Parker b le Roux | 11 | |||||
| RE East | c Arnold b Waller | 2 | |||||
| +N Smith | c and b Waller | 6 | |||||
| DL Acfield | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 8 lb, 21 nb) | 30 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 77 overs) | 289 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-24, 3-90, 4-181, 5-221, 6-230, 7-262, 8-281, 9-287, 10-289 (77 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Imran Khan | 23 | 5 | 63 | 2 | - | - | |
| le Roux | 26 | 4 | 84 | 6 | - | - | |
| Arnold | 15 | 5 | 78 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wells | 10 | 2 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Waller | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | - | - | |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GD Mendis | c Smith b Phillip | 23 | |||||
| JRT Barclay | lbw b Turner | 18 | |||||
| Imran Khan | c Turner b Pringle | 26 | |||||
| CM Wells | c Smith b Turner | 26 | |||||
| CP Phillipson | b Turner | 4 | |||||
| IA Greig | c McEvoy b Turner | 3 | |||||
| GS le Roux | c Fletcher b Phillip | 46 | |||||
| PWG Parker | c and b Turner | 34 | |||||
| *+A Long | not out | 13 | |||||
| GG Arnold | c Pringle b Phillip | 23 | |||||
| CE Waller | not out | 15 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb, 25 nb) | 29 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 66 overs) | 260 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-35, 2-58, 3-71, 4-82, 5-95, 6-122, 7-188, 8-205, 9-242 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Phillip | 24 | 3 | 86 | 3 | - | - | |
| Pringle | 17 | 3 | 51 | 1 | - | - | |
| Turner | 25 | 5 | 94 | 5 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MH Denness | st Long b Waller | 54 | |||||
| MSA McEvoy | lbw b Greig | 31 | |||||
| KS McEwan | not out | 103 | 148 | 14 | 1 | ||
| *KWR Fletcher | c Long b Greig | 12 | |||||
| S Turner | c sub b Greig | 16 | |||||
| N Phillip | not out | 11 | |||||
| BR Hardie | did not bat | ||||||
| DR Pringle | did not bat | ||||||
| RE East | did not bat | ||||||
| +N Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Acfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 6 lb, 10 nb) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 64 overs) | 247 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-47, 2-153, 3-193, 4-233 | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Imran Khan | 5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| le Roux | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Arnold | 10 | 2 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wells | 11 | 2 | 40 | 0 | - | - | |
| Waller | 16 | 0 | 67 | 1 | - | - | |
| Greig | 20 | 0 | 74 | 3 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GD Mendis | c East b Turner | 78 | |||||
| JRT Barclay | c Smith b Phillip | 12 | |||||
| Imran Khan | c McEwan b Phillip | 27 | |||||
| PWG Parker | lbw b Acfield | 1 | |||||
| CM Wells | b Acfield | 2 | |||||
| CP Phillipson | c and b East | 68 | |||||
| GS le Roux | c Phillip b Turner | 0 | |||||
| IA Greig | c Denness b Fletcher | 10 | |||||
| *+A Long | c Fletcher b East | 10 | |||||
| GG Arnold | not out | 29 | |||||
| CE Waller | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (5 lb, 7 nb, 1 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, 51 overs) | 254 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-25, 2-78, 3-79, 4-81, 5-178, 6-178, 7-205, 8-220, 9-234 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Phillip | 9 | 1 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Turner | 16 | 0 | 81 | 2 | - | - | |
| Acfield | 9 | 1 | 43 | 2 | - | - | |
| East | 12 | 3 | 52 | 2 | - | - | |
| Fletcher | 5 | 1 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> GS le Roux reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> GS le Roux achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 5-49)
--> N Phillip reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> IA Greig achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 1-35)
--> RE East reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex second innings
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