Sussex took a sheet of the manual of Rory McIlory as they surrendered to a humiliating defeat after morning rain had opened the door to an unlikely escape route.
Weather has delayed the start until 1.10 pm, leaving Sussex, flight of the day to the next by 78 runs with seven wickets in hand, 72 overs denied Lancashire victory had earned their superiority on the first three days.
Sixty-two overs? One order of tall, perhaps, a field providing incentives to left-arm rotation of Gary Keedy. But by no means an impossible task, account view of the continuing demand.
Instead, simply collapsed Sussex, at a time given losing six wickets for 12 runs in 35 balls before a period of symbolic resistance by the last pair Amjad Khan and Monty Panesar. The end came after just 63 minutes.
Captain of Lancashire Glen Chapple took four of the seven wickets to fall to give him figures of four for 49 in 19.5 overs and a count of game nine for 117.
Keedy claimed that three other wickets for a second - sleeves return of five for 41 for an uninterrupted period of 26 overs. He said: "it was a bizarre sequence of events." I have not played in many games where a side has been 23 seven of placid field. »
However, if carried out experienced Lancashire duo, Sussex batting performance was simply terrible. The debacle has begun in the second over day when Joe Gatting, having survived a confident for cry capture the window of the first ball of Chapple, pushed tentatively forward to the second and wicketkeeper Gareth Cross took a direct capture.
Ben Brown followed in the Chapple then, bear arms and lost his off stump. And when Murray Goodwin, advancing down the wicket to Keedy, edged a low catch to slip, Sussex were look down the two barrels.
Rana naves approach the gung ho, Keedy to lift for six right, but that would be a recipe for survival. It soon perished to a chance to silly mid off bat pad, opens the door for Keedy to uproot Naveed Arif off stump with his next delivery as the all-rounder tried a large broadband player.
James Anyon, vaguely to Chapple, was well taken by Tom Smith at second slip and the contribution of the last pair of 10 tracks in eight overs only delayed the inevitable until that Chapple trapped Panesar front leg.
Coach of Sussex Mark Robinson did not offer an apology. 'This defeat most of the things which happened earlier in the game', he said. "We have windows to get a good start in the game but Lancashire stuck to a simple game plan and disciplined and justify their way in a winning position."
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