Richard Montgomerie made 77 against his old county as Sussex enjoyed a morale-boosting three wicket win over Northamptonshire on their tour of Grenada yesterday.

Montgomerie laid the foundations in Sussex's successful pursuit of their target of 259, but the finishing touches were applied by 19-year-old wicketkeeper Matt Prior.

Sussex were in danger of defeat at 207-7, but Prior and Mark Davis showed admirable concentration in the tiring heat to guide their side to success.

Victory was secured with 13 overs remaining, but Sussex batted on until their 90 overs allocation had been completely enabling Prior to complete a maiden half-century. He finished unbeaten on 53 after a match-winning stand of 81 in 25 overs with Davis, who made 28 before he holed out to long off in the penultimate over.

Skipper Chris Adams, in his first innings of the tour, looked in good touch, making 36 off 31 balls before he toe-ended an attempted pull to give John Blair the first of three wickets.

Third Test Match Hamilton: Pakistan 104 (C S Martin 4-52, D R Tuffey 4-39) v New Zealand 260-2 (M H Richardson 106 no, M D Bell 105).