County Championship updates as the title race heats up

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Unfortunately it wasn’t a rubicon that Crawley crossed with that eighty the other week, Ben Aitchisoned for 6. Kent 22-2, surely they won’t let it slip out of their grasp now?

Sussex won the toss at Hove and bat first, perhaps not wanting to risk Surrey’s Indian left-arm spinner Mahipal Lomror batting fourth. They’ve nudged along to 16-0.