f29057	Sussex v Surrey
	County Championship 1972
Venue	The Saffrons, Eastbourne on 12th, 14th, 15th August 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Sussex 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2); Surrey 8 (Batting 6, Bowling 2)
Umpires	DJ Constant, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 38/0 (Edwards 21*, Lewis 12*; 13 overs)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (1) 110/3 (Prideaux 50*, Spencer 0*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Edwards	c Joshi b MA Buss	81
RM Lewis	c Greenidge b MA Buss	72
DR Owen-Thomas	c Parks b Spencer	31
Younis Ahmed	c Parks b Phillipson	26
GRJ Roope	not out	43
*MJ Stewart	not out	34
Intikhab Alam	did not bat
AR Butcher	did not bat
+A Long	did not bat
PI Pocock	did not bat
RD Jackman	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb)	13
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 82.5 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-130, 2-167, 3-212, 4-232

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	22.5	4	56	1	-	-
A Buss	17	3	74	0	-	-
Phillipson	13	1	37	1	-	-
MA Buss	15	3	58	2	-	-
Joshi	15	5	62	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Greenidge	c Long b Butcher	6
PJ Graves	b Pocock	35
RM Prideaux	not out	106
MA Buss	c Long b Pocock	8
J Spencer	lbw b Intikhab Alam	0
+JM Parks	c Roope b Intikhab Alam	29
*MG Griffith	not out	29
JD Morley	did not bat
A Buss	did not bat
UC Joshi	did not bat
CP Phillipson	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb)	13
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 72.1 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-80, 3-104, 4-117, 5-190

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackman	7	1	29	0	-	-
Butcher	15	4	33	1	-	-
Pocock	24	8	69	2	-	-
Intikhab Alam	26.1	6	82	2	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Edwards	c Phillipson b Spencer	6
RM Lewis	st Parks b Spencer	28
DR Owen-Thomas	c Griffith b MA Buss	32
Younis Ahmed	c A Buss b Joshi	26
GRJ Roope	not out	21
Intikhab Alam	c Spencer b Joshi	6
*MJ Stewart	not out	1
AR Butcher	did not bat
+A Long	did not bat
PI Pocock	did not bat
RD Jackman	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb)	10
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 34 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-61, 3-95, 4-101, 5-117

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	11	0	29	2	-	-
A Buss	12	1	35	0	-	-
MA Buss	5	1	29	1	-	-
Joshi	6	0	27	2	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Greenidge	b Pocock	68
PJ Graves	c Roope b Jackman	14
RM Prideaux	c Jackman b Pocock	97
MA Buss	b Pocock	0
+JM Parks	c and b Pocock	2
*MG Griffith	c Lewis b Pocock	6
JD Morley	st Long b Pocock	0
A Buss	b Pocock	0
UC Joshi	run out	1
J Spencer	not out	1
CP Phillipson	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 1 w)	13
Total	(9 wickets, 44 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-187, 3-187, 4-189, 5-200, 6-200, 7-200, 8-201, 9-202 (44 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackman	13	1	62	1	-	-
Butcher	3	0	13	0	-	-
Pocock	16	1	67	7	-	-
Intikhab Alam	12	2	47	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RM Lewis (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 26
--> GA Greenidge (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 15
--> PJ Graves (2) passed 5500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 6
--> RM Prideaux (2) passed 23500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 81
--> PI Pocock completed a hat-trick in the Sussex second innings (Parks, Prideaux, Griffith)
--> PI Pocock completed four wickets with consecutive balls in the Sussex second innings (Parks, Prideaux, Griffith, Morley)
--> PI Pocock completed five wickets in six balls in the Sussex second innings (Parks, Prideaux, Griffith, Morley, A Buss)

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With 3 overs left of the compulsory 20 in the last hour, Sussex were187/1.
Pocock's penultimate over was w.w2.w
The final over (with Sussex needing 5 to win was bowled by Pocock and was www1ww - the final wicket being a run-out
5 wickets falling in the final over is unique in first class cricket
Pocock set three world records - 5 wickets in 6 balls (equalling Copson in 1937), 6 wickets in 9 balls, and 7 in 11.

 

 

 

 

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