A bad night for Sussex on and off the field has left them facing the wooden spoon in the National League.

The county were beaten by 62 runs by Hampshire and Duckworth-Lewis calculations had to be used after the generator powering the Hove floodlights overheated on the hottest day of the year, knocking out two of the pylons and causing a 15 minute delay to the Sussex innings.

Of more concern to director of cricket Peter Moores is their woeful record in the second division. Last night's defeat was their seventh in ten games.

Moores said: "I thought it was an improvement on the performance on Sunday against Scotland but we lost crucial wickets in the twilight period and I thought we looked mentally tired.

"It's hard for us at the moment but we will get there. We still want to win our remaining games in the competition but there will be opportunities for some of our younger players to develop as well."

Skipper Chris Adams will have an injection today to try to cure the elbow problem which is threatening to keep him out of Sussex's next Championship match against Lancashire next Thursday.