Discarded Pakistani leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed once against showed how he has been one of the signings of the summer by firing Sussex to a big win over Warwickshire.

Having taken 4-55 in Warwickshire's first innings on Saturday, his purple weekend continued with 7-85 on Sunday in the Bears' second innings after the follow-on was enforced by Chris Adams.

Nick Knight and Michael Powell put on 135 for the first wicket but the innings rapidly subsisded to 196-5 with Mushtaq taking three of those wickets, and Mark Davis claiming the other two.

Ian Bell (37) and Dougie Brown (20) briefly offered resistance with a stand of 40 for the sixth wicket, but Mushtaq removed both of them to speed Sussex's charge to victory.

Jason Lewry took the only wicket not to fall to a spinner when dismissing Melvyn Betts. That paved the way for Mushtaq to remove Waqar Younis and Alan Richardson with consecutive deliveries to wrap things up.

Sussex: R R Montgomerie, M W Goodwin, P A Cottey, C J Adams (Capt), T R Ambrose, R S C Martin-Jenkins, M J Prior (Wkt), M J G Davis, Mushtaq Ahmed, R J Kirtley, J D Lewry.