County Championship: Worcestershire beat Sussex by an innings inside three days at New Highway

Cheteshwar Pujara

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Cheteshwar Pujara has scored 6,713 runs in 95 Test matches for India
LV= County Championship Division Two, New Road, Worcester (day three)
Worcestershire 491: D’Oliveira 169*; Haines 3-50
Sussex 269: Pujara 109, Clark 44; Leach 4-60 & 188: Baker 3-75, Leach 2-28
Worcestershire (22 pts) beat Sussex (4 pts) by an innings and 34 runs
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Worcestershire celebrated their first County Championship win of the season after overcoming Sussex by an innings and 34 runs with a day to spare at New Road.

But they overwhelmed a below-strength Sussex taking 15 wickets on the third day.

That was despite a first-innings century from Cheteshwar Pujara and a half century from on-loan all-rounder Grant Stewart, who has now been recalled by Kent.

Worcestershire dominated throughout, led by another century from new county captain Brett D’Oliveira, who has so far scored 294 runs in two games without being dismissed.

They also have a talismanic leader of their attack in D’Oliveira’s predecessor, Joe Leach, who…

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