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<\/p>\nSussex seamer Henry Crocombe took his second hat-trick in eight days to help condemn Essex to 177 all out having been 171-3 just 26 balls before.<\/p>\n
His sensational outing marked his third five-wicket haul in the County Championship this campaign, and just his second professional hat-trick after his first came against Somerset’s tail in his side’s last County Championship game.<\/p>\n
Crocombe – who is set to sign for Surrey at the end of the season – finished the innings with an impressive 5-39, leaving his side with a first-innings lead of 102, which was extended to 188 by the end of play with Sussex 90-4 on day two.<\/p>\n
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\n Fisher took 6-54 in a brilliant Surrey bowling performance<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Surrey and Yorkshire traded blows with the ball in an incredible day two at the Oval that featured a staggering 23 wickets falling.<\/p>\n
Jack White (3-14), Ben Coad (3-22), George Hill (2-17) and Matt Revis (2-19) led the charge for a Yorkshire bowling attack that skittled their opponents for 83, with only four players reaching double figures and Ollie Pope topping the Surrey scoring with a meek 21 off 44.<\/p>\n
Yorkshire, though were subjected to their own skittling straight afterwards as they were bowled out for 82 having been 36-2, with Matt Fisher (6-25) dominating a batting lineup that featured just three players reaching double figures and notching just 46 runs for the final eight wickets.<\/p>\n
Surrey – 27-0 in their second innings at close of play – need 158 to win to claim just their second County Championship win of the season.<\/p>\n
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\n Stokes took 3-40 for Durham<\/p>\n
Former England captain Ben Stokes was the victim of a wonder delivery by Northamptonshire spinner Yuzvendra Chahal on Thursday but responded with three wickets for Durham.<\/p>\n
Chahal produced his best impression of the late Shane Warne’s memorable ‘Ball of the Century’ in the 1993 Ashes when the former India bowler sent down a delivery which pitched outside off stump before it spun back dramatically to dismiss Stokes for 14.<\/p>\n
Durham were all out for 205, but reduced hosts and Division Two promotion rivals Northamptonshire to 225-7 by the close of day two after Stokes (3-40) led his county’s attack with an impressive performance.<\/p>\n