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    Bowler concedes 38 in an over as Sussex win

    Gloucestershire's James Fuller had an evening to forget in Tuesday night's Friends Life t20 quarter-final against Sussex as his third over went for a remarkable 38 runs.

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    Former New Zealand all-rounder Scott Styris was the man who did the damage on his way to a 37-ball century as the hosts piled up 230 for four at Hove.

    Sussex reached a total of 230-4 to win the match by 39 runs and qualify for the semi-finals of the competition.

    The infamous over, the 18th of the innings, started with two no-balls which both found their way to the boundary, before Styris launched a six to make it 16 runs from one legitimate delivery.

    Another maximum was followed by a four, before Fuller finally produced a dot ball and Styris, who had swung lustily and missed for once, thumped the edge of his bat in frustration.

    A top-edged hook dropped inches short of the rope before 37-year-old Styris launched the last ball over long-on for six more.

    Styris' innings equalled the third-fastest century in t20 history, and nine maximums and five fours meant he ran only 26 of his unbeaten 100.

    "I'm just pleased I got a few in the middle," he joked on Sky Sports 2. "I'm just a slogger these days, they all seem to go even when I don't want them to."

    Fuller finished with figures of one for 57 off only three overs - Liam Norwell was instead invited to bowl the last over of the innings.

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