Carl Simon with 5-37

Preston Nomads have moved ten points clear of Horsham at the top of the Sussex Premier League and both teams now have three games to play, Nomads won by eight wickets at East Grinstead on Saturday whilst Horsham were without a game as the club hosted the county game. The relegation battle has hotted up with Chichester beating bottom club Pulborough in a high scoring game at Priory Park while Three Bridges look to be in trouble following their defeat at Roffey.

East Grinstead started well against Preston Nomads with opener Jams Adkin hitting 52 but the lower order collapsed as Carl Simon grabbed 5 for 37 to take his League wickets for the season to 59 and send Grinstead reeling to 162 all out. Nomads had little difficulty in chasing down their target to reach 163 for 2 from just 36.1 overs as Stuart Faith hit 61 not out and Rob Wakeford 44 not out to share an unbroken third wicket stand of 74.

Eastbourne's up and down season continued with a home defeat by three wickets in a low scoring game to Brighton and Hove who eased themselves away from possible relegation worries. Eastbourne were dismissed for just 82 as Patrick Spencer took 4 for 16, Matt Wood 3 for 18 and Chris Atherton 3 for 24, Mark Tomsett with 27 top scored for the home side. Tim Jarvis with 25 and Chris Grammer (23) were the pick of some nervous Brighton batting as they eased home at 85 for 7 as Ed Giddins took 3 for 23 and Ben Barter 3 for 12.

Three Bridges have been plunged into the relegation battle following their seven wicket defeat at Roffey. Bridges were dismissed for 139 as the Roffey spinners had a great day. Luke Barnard took 6 for 40 and youngster Matt Davies 3 for 30, Hisam-ul-Haq with 38 top scored for the visitors. Josh Fleming then hit 84 to take Roffey towards a winning score of 143 for 3.

There were three centuries in the bottom of the table clash at Chichester where the home side needed a last ball six from Justin Scott to win the game by three wickets.
Rohit Jagota with 116 led Pulborough to 273 for 6 declared to set the home side a tough target. But Aussie Matt Gregory cracked 123 and Steve Sedgley 105 to help their side to 277 for 7, three were needed from the last ball but Scott made sure with a maximum. For Pulborough Amit Suman took 4 for 75.