Luke Wright Leads World-Record Run Chase

Sussex pulled off a world-record run chase with nine balls to spare against T20 Blast South Group winners Essex.

Luke Wright smashed an unbeaten 153 - the fourth-highest ever T20 score - which included 12 fours and 11 sixes to see Sussex to 226-3.

The previous highest successful chase had been Cape Cobras' 224-5 against Titans in 2011.

Tom Westley's unbeaten 109 and Jesse Ryder's 75 had given Essex their second-highest ever T20 total of 225-3.

But their work was completely undone by Wright, who faced only 66 balls, and together with Matt Machan (41 not out) put on 159 for the fourth wicket at Chelmsford - the biggest partnership in Sussex's T20 history.


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Woah,the highest successful run chase and with 9 balls to spare..Luke wright seriously has had his day.I saw the scorecard,thy were stuttering at 14-2 after 3 overs with a daunting target ahead of them.The way they counter attacked and won it will stay for long.
Funny,that any total nowadays isn't safe.