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Ryan Higgins and David Wiese bag five-fors as wickets tumble

[ad_1] Sussex 145 (Salt 63, Higgins 5-21) and 51 for 2 lead Gloucestershire 183 (Wiese 5-48, Robinson 4-67) by 13 runs Scorecard Sussex and Gloucestershire made up for lost time when their Specsavers County Championship Division Two match resumed at Hove on Saturday. Just 21 overs had been bowled on the opening day, when no wickets fell, but 22 went down on the second day and Sussex, 51 for 2 in their second innings, led by 13. Having begun the day on 86 for 0, Sussex were bowled out for 145, losing all 10 wickets for 59 runs in 26 overs before lunch, with Ryan Higgins taking a career-best 5 for 21. Luke Wright, who was dropped twice, was Sussex's top scorer in the session with 13. There was some encouragement from a lively pitch, and the overcast conditions suited the bowlers too. But a number of batsmen also perished by their own careless hands. Luke Wells had added just two runs to his overnight 25 when he was caught behind playing forward to Higgins. In the same bowler's...