LONDON, Aug 27: Former England paceman James Kirtley buried the nightmare of his suspension earlier this season to bowl Sussex to a 15-run win over Lancashire in the the C&G Trophy final at Lord's on Saturday.

Kirtley was banned from cricket for five months until March to undergo remedial work on a suspect action and he has responded in style by putting Sussex in sight of the county championship.

He grabbed the Man-of-the-Match award on Saturday for his 5-27 return as Sussex defended their meagre 172 after being put into bat.

Scoreboard

SUSSEX:

R.R. Montgomerie run out 1

M.J. Prior c Mahmood b Hogg 23

C.J. Adams c Astle b Mahmood 6

M.W. Goodwin c Sutton b Chapple 7

M.H. Yardy lbw b Kartik 37

C.D. Hopkinson run out 1

R.S.C. Martin-Jenkins c Sutton b Chapple 15

Yasir Arafat c Sutton b Mahmood 37

L.J. Wright st Sutton b Kartik 19

Mushtaq Ahmed b Mahmood 8

R.J. Kirtley not out 4

EXTRAS (LB-1, W-11, NB-2) 14

TOTAL (all out, 47.1 overs) 172

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-27, 3-38, 4-46, 5-52, 6-78, 7-134, 8-145, 9-164.

BOWLING: Cork 8-0-30-0; Hogg 8-1-31-1 (1w); Mahmood 8.1-1-16-3 (3w); Chapple 9-0-36-2 (2w); Kartik 8-1-28-2 (1nb); Smith 6-0-3-0 (1w).

LANCASHIRE:

M.B. Loye lbw b Kirtley 12

M.J. Chilton st Prior b Mushtaq 20

N.J. Astle lbw b Kirtley 3

S.G. Law lbw b Kirtley 0

L.D. Sutton c Yasir b Wright 13

G. Chapple c Montgomerie b Mushtaq 17

K.W. Hogg c Montgomerie b Wright 28

D.G. Cork not out 35

T.C. Smith lbw b Kirtley 10

S .I. Mahmood b Yasir 2

M. Kartik lbw b Kirtley 0

EXTRAS (LB-10, W-5, NB-2) 17

TOTAL (all out, 47.2 overs) 157

FALL OF WKTS: 1-23, 2-27, 3-27, 4-51, 5-67, 6-72, 7-130, 8-151, 9-156.

BOWLING: Kirtley 8.2-1-27-5 (1w); Yasir Arafat 9-2-24-1 (2w); Martin-Jenkins 9-2-26-0; Wright 6-0-33-2 (1nb, 1w); Mushtaq Ahmed 10-1-19-2 (1w); Yardy 5-0-18-0.

RESULT: Sussex won by 15 runs.

UMPIRES: J.W. Lloyds and N.A. Mallender.

TV UMPIRE: D.J. Constant.

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: James Kirtley.—AFP