ere dismissed for 157 in reply to Sussex’s 172 all out. Kirtley snapped up three early wickets in seven balls, including Australian dangerman Stuart Law for a duck, and returned to take two crucial late wickets after Lancashire had battled back from 72-6 to 151-7.
Earlier, Michael Yardy and Yasir Arafat top-scored with 37 apiece for Sussex. Zimbabwe’s Murray Goodwin made only seven.
* Just one point separates Sussex, the leaders, and Lancashire at the top of the table in the race for the Couny Championship title.
* Sir Clyde Walcott, one of the West Indies’ all-time greats, has died at the age of 80 in a Barbados hospital. Walcott played in 44 Tests, scoring 3798 runs at 56.68 with 15 centuries and was later manager of the 1975 and 1979 World Cup-winning teams and was also chairman of the International Cricket Council. – John Hughes
31.8.2006
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Kirtley kills off Lancashire
LONDON - James Kirtley, the former England paceman who played for Mashonaland a decade ago, inspired Sussex to a dramatic 15-run victory over Lancashire in a low-scoring C&G Trophy Final at Lord's.
The 31-year-old from Eastbourne claimed figures of 5-27 off 8.2 overs as Lancashire w