Chris Jordan made amends for running out in-form New Zealander Ross Taylor with a match-winning 45 off 21 balls as Sussex defeated Essex by 24 runs to secure only their second NatWest T20 Blast win in eight games.

Jordan had turned his back and refused a run that saw the departure of Taylor and left Sussex apparently struggling at 122-5.

But he more than made up for that as he played a major part in helping the visitors add 78 from 34 balls from that point onwards, 66 coming from the last four overs at Chelmsford.

Sussex's innings had ebbed and flowed, and looked at one point as if it had stalled completely, before it caught fire in a hail of six-hitting. That was when Jordan went after the Essex attack, with Ravi Bopara and Graham Napier going for two sixes each in an over as Sussex hit 10 in total.

Chasing 201 to win, the hosts were ahead of Sussex's comparative totals until the last four overs, and they had no-one capable of matching Jordan's late fireworks. Essex finished 25 runs short of their victory target, with 20-year-old Bangladesh pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman taking 4-23 having only arrived in this country on Wednesday.