T20 Blast 2022 Sussex vs Gloucestershire: English bowlers blasted in T20 Blast in England. England’s David Paine, Jack Chappell and Tom Smith took 8 wickets for 60 runs in 10.4 overs. As a result, Sussex, led by Ravi Bopara, who was once on a winning streak, suffered a third consecutive defeat in the tournament.
Sussex won the toss and elected to bowl in the match which started late on Friday 10 June 2022 at the County Ground in Hove, South West of England. Gloucestershire, led by Jack Taylor, batted first and scored 145 for 6 in 20 overs. Chasing the target, Sussex made 118 runs for 2 wickets in 13.3 overs.
Sussex needed just 28 runs to win in 6.3 overs, but their remaining 8 wickets fell in the next 37 balls and only 23 runs were added to their account. Meaning Sussex’s team was all out for 141 runs in 19.4 overs. David Payne took 3 wickets for 17 runs in 3.4 overs for Gloucestershire. Zak Chappell took 3 wickets for 19 runs in 4 overs. Tom Smith took 2 wickets for 24 runs in 3 overs. Glenn Phillips and Benny Howell also managed to take a wicket each.
For Sussex, Tom Alsop scored 82 runs in 52 balls with the help of 8 fours and 5 sixes. F Hudson Prentice made 18 off 19 balls and Ravi Bopara scored 10 runs in 10 balls. Apart from these, none of the Sussex batsman could touch the double figure. Earlier Gloucestershire had a poor start.
Gloucestershire lost 3 wickets for 15 runs in 4.1 overs. After this, Glenn Phillips (53 balls, 8 fours, 2 sixes, 66 runs) shared 29 runs for the fourth wicket with Ryan Higgins. On the fifth ball of the ninth over, Ryan also returned to the pavilion on a personal score of 13 runs. Then Glenn and Jack Taylor shared a 98-run partnership for the fifth wicket and took the score beyond 100. Jack Taylor was dismissed for 46 runs in 31 balls. With this win, Gloucestershire’s team reached number four in the points table of T20 Blast 2022 South Group.