Sussex climbed to fourth place in division one of the County Championship after completing a remarkable victory against Nottinghamshire.

Luke Wells blasted 79 from 62 balls as Sussex declared on 406-6 just before lunch at Trent Bridge to set Notts a target of 385 from 70 overs.

Alex Hales and Jake Libby negotiated a tricky three-over spell before lunch as Nottinghamshire embarked on their pursuit, but both fell soon afterwards. Hales was snapped up at slip by Chris Jordan, off Steve Magoffin, who then had Libby caught one-handed by Chris Nash at short leg.

Michael Lumb was also caught by Jordan - a stunning reflex effort, at the second attempt, from Ashar Zaidi's second ball of the innings.

Riki Wessels was yorked by Jordan, who then had James Taylor caught down the leg side for 46, eight runs away from reaching 1,000 in the championship this year.

Samit Patel scored seven from 40 deliveries before becoming Magoffin's third victim, aided by another Jordan catch in the slips

Zaidi, bowling a 20-over spell which was broken only by the tea interval, turned a ball sharply to knock back Chris Read's off stump and then trapped Luke Wood lbw.

Jordan finished the match off by bowling Harry Gurney for six, to seal the win with 9.3 overs to spare.

Sussex had added a further 162 runs during the morning session, declaring just before lunch. Luke Wright showed his intentions by pulling Gurney into the midwicket seats before driving Fletcher straight to mid on.

Joyce was caught at deep mid-wicket from the bowling of Gary Keedy, having faced 159 balls, hitting 17 fours and three sixes. Wells, who faced 13 deliveries before getting off the mark, then went up a gear, playing shots all around the wicket as he galloped to his 50 from 48 balls and had hit three sixes and 13 fours by the time he hit Samit Patel to Fletcher at long off.

Ben Brown also cleared the ropes and was unbeaten on 38 at the time of the declaration.

The result puts Sussex just seven points behind Notts who are in third place but have already finished all their games while Ed Joyce's men still have to play bottom club Northamptonshire next week.