Gloucestershire boosted by late Sussex wickets

Vitality County Championship Division Two, 1st Central County Ground, Hove (day two)Gloucestershire 417: Bracey 69; Lamb 3-69Sussex 267-5: Alsop 84, Pujara 75*; Goodman 2-37Sussex (4 pts) follows Gloucestershire (5 pts) by 150 runsMatch scorecard

Sussex reached the stumps at the 1st Central County Ground on 267-5 in the County Championship Division 2 - trailing by 150 - after Gloucestershire enjoyed late success when left-arm spinner Zafar Gohar took two wickets in two balls.

He also became the sixth player to pass 50 without reaching a century when he failed to hold a short ball from 6ft 6in seamer Dom Goodman, who had earlier removed opener Tom Clark for 53.

Pujara's dismissal in the morning could be the key to Gloucestershire's hopes of a decent first innings lead.

The last two wickets of the Gloucestershire added 109 in 22 overs as Gohar made his 11th first-class half-century.

He added 56 with Zaman Akhter for the ninth wicket, their only scare coming when Pujara wasted an out chance with both stranded in midfield.

Spinner James Coles broke the stand when a quicker delivery bowled Gohar for 60.

Off-spinner Jack Carson made a smart return over his head to remove Ajeet Singh Dale, but not before Gloucestershire claimed a fourth run in batting.

< p class="" data-reactid=".1yplg5jafni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10">Dale bowled a terrific opening spell and got his reward when Tom Haines was well caught in the gully by Miles Hammond for four.

Clark put away everything that was loose and seemed to have made the biggest yards when he reached a 115-ball fifty, which included an Ollie Price six and seven fours, but he pushed a ball from Goodman so he could...