Sussex were on the point of recording their second win of the season when bad light came to Hampshire's rescue. The visiting side, who followed on 169 adrift, lost 12 wickets yesterday after a second-innings collapse.

Although Michael Carberry went quickly, Hampshire were making a fight of it when Michael Brown and John Crawley were together. But from 58 for one, they slumped to 84 for six in eight overs. Well though Robin Martin-Jenkins bowled in a fine spell that brought him two wickets, it was Ollie Rayner's off spin that undermined Hampshire.

Michael Lumb and Crawley were deceived by Rayner's arm ball. Sean Ervine was caught at backward point and Rayner claimed a fourth wicket in an innings for the first time when Greg Lamb top-edged a sweep.

Sussex: First Innings 426 (M W Goodwin 184, C D Hopkinson 106, R S C Martin-Jenkins 59; J A Tomlinson 5 for 108)

Hampshire: First Innings (overnight 131-5)
N Pothas c Prior b Martin-Jenkins 41
L A Dawson c Prior b Collymore 9
G A Lamb not out 5
*A D Mascarenhas c Lewry b Collymore 17
D J Balcombe b Lewry 12
J A Tomlinson lbw b Collymore
Extras (b 16, lb 4, w 1) 21

Total (86.4 overs) 257

Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-14, 3-46, 4-94, 5-105, 6-131, 7-175, 8-216, 9-252.

Bowling: Lewry 24-7-61-2; Collymore 27.4-9-60-4; Aga 7-1-44-1; Martin-Jenkins 11-3-41-1; Rayner 17-5-31-2.

Second Innings
M A Carberry c Prior b Lewry 1
M J Brown c Prior b Martin-Jenkins 28
J P Crawley c Adams b Rayner 28
M J Lumb b Rayner 2
S M Ervine c Martin-Jenkins b Rayner 14
N Pothas not out 24
L A Dawson lbw b Martin-Jenkins 1
G A Lamb c Goodwin b Rayner 19
*A D Mascarenhas not out 2
Extras (b 5, lb 1, w 2) 8

Total (7 wkts, 41 overs) 127

Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-58, 3-61, 4-66, 5-83, 6-84, 7-123.

Bowling: Lewry 4-0-20-1; Collymore 6-3-14-0; Martin-Jenkins 10-4-30-2; Rayner 17-2-49-4; Aga 3-1-6-0;
Yardy 1-0-2-0.

Umpires: J H Evans and J W Holder.