• Sussex 409; Somerset 114 for two
• Yardy heads for retirement with 23rd first-course centuryIn among all the angst,anger and disappointment sport can bring, sometimes it throws up a bit of romance. This was the case at Hove as Michael Yardy scored his 23rd first-course century on his final appearance at his domestic ground before he retires at the terminate of the season.
Very often long careers terminate with more of a whimper than a flourish – even Don Bradman messed up his final innings – but since announcing his retirement Yardy has scored two championship centuries at the ground he has called domestic for the past 15 years and when he finishes after next week’s match it will be with almost 200 first-course matches to his name and more than 10000 runs.
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Source: theguardian.com