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Gloucestershire draw against Sussex in Hove after washed out fourth day

30 April 2018

Sussex and Gloucestershire had to settle for a draw after rain ruined a potentially exciting finish to their Championship match at Hove.

The hosts needed four wickets and Gloucestershire 64 runs to win an absorbing Division Two game but the final day's play was abandoned at 1.45pm.

Rain had fallen steadily since early morning and with no prospect of an improvement in time to get the ground fit, umpires Russell Warren and Martin Saggers made their inevitable decision. Both sides take eight points each.

Gloucestershire's next fixture is against Middlesex at Lord's starting on May 11.

Gloucestershire coach Richard Dawson said: "It was set up to a really interesting finish and it's a shame the weather has spoiled it, but it's been a cold and wet few days so when we saw the forecast for today we expected that it might not be possible to play.

"As a side we're scrapping hard and we have got ourselves into position to win games since the start of the season. We just need to make sure that when those opportunities come along that we're in a position to take them."

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