Delray Rawlins and his Sussex teammates took to the field after Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat at the 1st Central County Ground in their LV= Insurance County Championship battle.
On the opening day, Yorkshire was bowled out for 150, with opener Adam Lyth the top scorer out for 42, George Garton was the pick of the Sussex bowlers with figures of 11-4-25-3. Rawlins would finish with figures of 6-2-12-2.
In reply at the close of play, Sussex reached 118/3, with Tom Haines the top scorer with 71 not out off 102 balls, Duanne Olivier is the pick of the Yorkshire bowlers with figures of 13-2-22-2.
Yorkshire First Inning
..42 (58) Adam Lyth c Tom Clark b George Garton ..17 (48) Tom Kohler-Cadmore b George Garton ..18 (31) Gary Balance c George Garton b Sean Hunt ..05 (12) Joe Root LBW George Garton ..14 (18) Harry Brook b Delray Rawlins ..07 (27) Jonny Tattersall c Ben Brown b Sean Hunt ..17 (29) Dom Bess c Ben Brown b Delray Rawlins ..05 (18) Jordan Thompson LBW Jack Carson ..13 (37) David Willey c & b Ollie Robinson ..03 (17) Steve Patterson c Ben Brown b Ollie Robinson ..01 (02) Duanne Olivier Not Out ..08 Extras (6lb-2b) 150 Total All Out after 50.5 overs
7.5-1-17-2 Ollie Robinson 11.-3-45-2 Sean Hunt 4.0-0-19-0 Henry Crocombe 11.-4-25-3 George Garton 11.-1-24-1 Jack Carson 6.0-2-12-2 Delray Rawlins
Sussex First Inning
..20 (61) Aaron Thomason c Harry Brook b Jordan Thompson ..71 (102) Tom Haines Not Out ..16 (76) Stiaan van Zyl c Tom Kohler-Cadmore b Duanne Olivier ..00 (03) Henry Crocombe c Jonny Tattersall b Duanne Olivier ..07 (17) Tom Clark Not Out ..04 Extras (2lb-2nb) 118 Total for 3 Wickets after 43 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-60 (Thomason), 2-104 (van Zyl), 3-104 (Crocombe)
Yorkshire Bowlers
4.0-0-19-0 David Willey 8.0-1-30-2 Duanne Olivier 7.0-0-19-0 Steve Patterson 4.0-0-06-0 Joe Root 13.-2-22-0 Dom Bess 7.0-3-20-1 Jordan Thompson