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| Venue | The Saffrons, Eastbourne on 9th, 10th, 11th August 1978 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Sussex won by 9 wickets |
| Points | Sussex 17 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Northamptonshire 4 (Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | CG Pepper, J van Geloven |
| Close of play day 1 | Sussex (1) 24/3 (Mendis 15*, Imran Khan 5*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Northamptonshire (2) 21/1 (Cook 9*, TM Lamb 0*) |
| Northamptonshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Cook | c Spencer b Waller | 24 | |||||
| W Larkins | c Cheatle b Imran Khan | 5 | |||||
| DS Steele | lbw b Spencer | 5 | |||||
| AJ Lamb | c Spencer b Waller | 25 | |||||
| P Willey | c Barclay b Waller | 5 | |||||
| TJ Yardley | c Head b Imran Khan | 2 | |||||
| *PJ Watts | c Storey b Imran Khan | 17 | |||||
| +G Sharp | c Javed Miandad b Waller | 0 | |||||
| Sarfraz Nawaz | b Waller | 6 | |||||
| TM Lamb | lbw b Imran Khan | 1 | |||||
| BJ Griffiths | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 4 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 56.1 overs) | 104 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22, 2-27, 3-71, 4-76, 5-78, 6-78, 7-78, 8-96, 9-103, 10-104 (56.1 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Imran Khan | 16.1 | 4 | 39 | 4 | - | - | |
| Spencer | 8 | 2 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Storey | 12 | 6 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Waller | 20 | 11 | 30 | 5 | - | - | |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JRT Barclay | c Willey b Sarfraz Nawaz | 0 | |||||
| GD Mendis | c AJ Lamb b Sarfraz Nawaz | 21 | |||||
| PWG Parker | c Sharp b Griffiths | 0 | |||||
| Javed Miandad | c AJ Lamb b Griffiths | 0 | |||||
| Imran Khan | b Sarfraz Nawaz | 9 | |||||
| CP Phillipson | lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz | 36 | |||||
| SJ Storey | b Steele | 42 | |||||
| +TJ Head | not out | 17 | |||||
| RGL Cheatle | lbw b Steele | 12 | |||||
| *J Spencer | c Steele b Willey | 2 | |||||
| CE Waller | lbw b Willey | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 4 lb, 7 nb, 1 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 89 overs) | 153 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-2, 3-3, 4-30, 5-35, 6-102, 7-127, 8-145, 9-153, 10-153 (89 ov) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | 24 | 13 | 28 | 4 | - | - | |
| Griffiths | 14 | 3 | 40 | 2 | - | - | |
| TM Lamb | 8 | 2 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Willey | 16 | 7 | 28 | 2 | - | - | |
| Watts | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Steele | 21 | 10 | 20 | 2 | - | - | |
| Northamptonshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Cook | st Head b Cheatle | 30 | |||||
| W Larkins | b Waller | 8 | |||||
| TM Lamb | b Spencer | 0 | |||||
| DS Steele | b Waller | 27 | |||||
| AJ Lamb | b Waller | 9 | |||||
| TJ Yardley | b Barclay | 11 | |||||
| P Willey | c Head b Barclay | 2 | |||||
| *PJ Watts | c Mendis b Waller | 10 | |||||
| +G Sharp | c and b Barclay | 4 | |||||
| Sarfraz Nawaz | lbw b Javed Miandad | 20 | |||||
| BJ Griffiths | not out | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 10 lb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 70.2 overs) | 143 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20, 2-22, 3-52, 4-71, 5-82, 6-84, 7-98, 8-108, 9-108, 10-143 (70.2 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Imran Khan | 10 | 2 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Spencer | 7 | 3 | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
| Waller | 28 | 8 | 46 | 4 | - | - | |
| Cheatle | 6 | 2 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Barclay | 19 | 6 | 35 | 3 | - | - | |
| Javed Miandad | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JRT Barclay | c Sarfraz Nawaz b Willey | 6 | |||||
| GD Mendis | not out | 41 | |||||
| PWG Parker | not out | 38 | |||||
| Javed Miandad | did not bat | ||||||
| Imran Khan | did not bat | ||||||
| CP Phillipson | did not bat | ||||||
| SJ Storey | did not bat | ||||||
| +TJ Head | did not bat | ||||||
| RGL Cheatle | did not bat | ||||||
| *J Spencer | did not bat | ||||||
| CE Waller | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 4 lb, 3 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 25.2 overs) | 96 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10 (Barclay) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Griffiths | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Willey | 10 | 3 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Steele | 8 | 1 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cook | 0.2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
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
--> TJ Head made his debut in County Championship matches
--> G Cook (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> DS Steele (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 5
--> CP Phillipson (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> CE Waller reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> RGL Cheatle reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
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