A devastating spell of bowling from Glen Chapple and Gary Keedy helped Lancashire to an innings-and-55-run win over Sussex at Liverpool.

The majority of the final morning’s play was wiped out due to wet weather and that gave the visitors plenty of hope in their bid to save the game.

When played resumed at 1.10pm at total of 24 overs had been lost.

Sussex were 151-3 after 47 overs and still faced a deficit of 78 runs.

But Murray Goodwin’s men slipped to 174 all out in double quick time thanks to four wickets for Chapple and three for left-arm spinner Keedy.

At their worst, Sussex lost six wickets for 12 runs in 35 balls to fall from 152-3 to 164-9. Keedy finished with 5-41 from 26 overs and Chapple 4-49 from 19.5.

The rain provided the Lancashire duo with a little assistance from the pitch but Sussex did not do themselves any favours at all with their kamikaze approach.

Chapple struck with the eighth ball of the day when he had Joe Gatting caught by Gareth Cross for 28 before Ben Brown left a ball from the Red Rose skipper which cannoned into his stumps.

Goodwin was then caught by Paul Horton to give Keedy his third wicket of the innings to leave the score at 154-6.

Rana Naved-ul-Hasan crashed Keedy for six with his second ball at the crease but could only divert the same bowler to Steven Croft at silly mid-off and ex-Rawtenstall pro Naved Arif was just as expansive as his team-mate and fell the very next ball.

James Anyon was the ninth wicket to fall – and the third with the score on 164 – when he was caught by a diving Tom Smith at slip off the bowling of Chapple.

The match was concluded when Chapple trapped Monty Panesar lbw for four with the last ball of the 63rd over as Lancashire celebrated.