London, April 6 -- Cash-strapped Sussex eased the pain of their points deduction with an emphatic 222-run victory over Leicestershire in a successful start to their County Championship season.
Ollie Robinson's team arrived at Grace Road at a 12-point disadvantage compared with the other Division One counties as a condition of the financial rescue package agreed with the England and Wales Cricket Board over the winter.
But after Leicestershire fell well short of the mammoth 481 last-innings target, Sussex take 22 points to climb out of the bottom two at the first attempt.
Stevie Eskinazi (54) and Ben Cox (60) shared a 103-run sixth-wicket stand to help keep the contest going beyond lunch, before Sussex wrapped up the win by bowling the ho...