The Cricketer wraps up the best of the action from the latest match in the 2024 Vitality Blast
Hove: Sussex 207-2, Essex 211-5 - Essex won by five wickets
Essex, needing to win their last three games for a home quarter-final spot in the Vitality Blast, got off to a terrific start with an improbable win over the Sussex Sharks by five wickets with nine balls to spare.
The visitors were inspired by a heroic innings of 120 not out by Michael Pepper, who faced just 53 balls and hit nine sixes and nine fours
He was well supported by Charlie Allison, who made an unbeaten 44 from 26 with a six and four fours. The pair stunned a sell-out crowd with a partnership worth 121 in nine overs. Sussex had earlier scored an impressive 207 for 2.
Related: One more time with meaning: Michael Pepper downs Sussex
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