Sussex needed just 33 minutes to wrap up a ten-wicket victory over Surrey on the final day of their LV County Championship Division Two match at Hove.
Surrey had not added to their overnight score of 243 for 9 when they lost last man Jade Dernbach to the tenth ball of the day when he edged to slip to give Monty Panesar his second wicket.
That left Sussex with a notional target of 33 and openers Mike Yardy and Chris Nash needed just 6.4 overs to knock off the runs.
Surrey opened the bowling with off-spinner Gareth Batty to make sure they did not incur a points deduction for a slow over rate but that was little compensation after a crushing defeat.
To make matters worse for the visitors skipper Rory Hamilton-Brown left the ground on crutches.
The former Sussex all-rounder suffered bad bruising to the top of his left foot when he was hit by Luke Wright’s yorker on the third day.
Sussex head to Bristol for their next game having won both of their opening matches as they bid to make an immediate return to Division One.
But they will face Gloucestershire on Wednesday without skipper Yardy and Wright, who will be preparing with the England squad for the Twenty20 World Cup.
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