Rose Rainton was in superb form as Sussex climbed to the top of the County Championship premier division.

The seven times Sussex title-holder won all five of her matches to help the county to 7-3 victories against Leicestershire, Durham and Essex at Slough.

Captain Ritchie Venner recorded five wins out of six and there were four wins each from county champion Adrian Moore and England No.4 veteran Nigel Eckersley.

Venner said: "We are now top of the table. All relegation fears are gone. We could now win the gold medals at the final session in April."

Eckersley won a silver medal at Norwich in the Veterans Easter Masters.