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Edgbaston: Sussex booked their place in the Twenty20 final, and with it passage to the lucrative Champions League Twenty20 in India, with a seven-wicket victory against Northamptonshire. Murray Goodwin's masterful, unbeaten 80 completed the run-chase after a sharp and efficient display in the field from Michael Yardy's team.
Goodwin has completed many harder run-chases than this for Sussex, but few with such rewards riding on the outcome, and was in control throughout as he brought up fifty from 43 balls.
His Championship form has been poor this season and he showed some emotion as he acknowledged the crowd and his team-mates. His one scare came on 74 when he could have been run out as a modicum of pressure began to tell, but a square-driven boundary left four needed from the last over. The result was more comfortable than the two-ball margin suggests.
However, despite helping his team take a step towards the potential for a huge pay-day in India, Goodwin won't be there himself as he has a 'cooling-off' period after ending his ICL ties and is ineligible until the 2010 event. Nothing is simple in the evolving Twenty20 world.
Brief Score: Sussex 137 for 3 (Goodwin 80*) beat Northamptonshire 136 for 6 (Boje 34*) by seven wickets.
