Matthew Fisher, Ben Coad put Sussex under pressure

Sussex 120 for six (Alsop 35, Fisher 4-53, Coad 2-10) vs Yorkshire

Sussex, third in Division Two with eight attracts and a win, are one in all solely two unbeaten sides in both division of the LV= Insurance coverage County Championship this season – Glamorgan the opposite.

However they have been put below intense early strain after surprisingly electing to bat first below a cloudy sky and on a green-tinged pitch.

Seamers Fisher and Coad shone with 4 for 53 from 13 overs and a pair of for 10 from 12 respectively throughout a day together with a pair of two-hour plus rain delays.

After electing to bat, Sussex captain Tom Alsop top-scored with 35, whereas 54 overs weren’t bowled.

One in all Yorkshire’s main points over the previous season-and-a-half of four-day cricket – they have been relegated final September – has been the dearth of matches Coad and Fisher have performed. With them match and firing, the county look a very totally different proposition.

Yorkshire have solely gained twice because the begin of 2022, and that is solely Coad’s eleventh Championship look and Fisher’s ninth in that point. They’ve solely performed collectively on six events in that interval however complement one another fantastically.

Whereas Coad is just not blessed with the tempo that Fisher has, he’ll discover any ounce of assist off the pitch or by means of the air to hassle batters – and that is precisely what they did.

An all-Tom opening partnership of Clark and Haines was eliminated as Sussex slipped to 18 for 3 inside six overs, together with Fisher’s wickets with successive deliveries.

Coad made the preliminary breakthrough by getting Clark caught at second slip by Adam Lyth, leaving the rating at 6 for 1 within the third over.

England fringe fast Fisher then had the opposite left-handed opener Haines caught behind by Jonny Tattersall earlier than bowling James Coles first ball. He performed expansively at an in-ducker, leaving the Hove county 18 for 3 within the sixth over.

A two-and-a-quarter-hour rain delay, together with lunch, then got here from 11.55am earlier than Coad and Fisher struck as soon as extra apiece previous to the rain returning at 3.20pm, leading to one other two-and-a-half-hour break.

Coad compelled Oli Carter to inside-edge a drive onto his stumps earlier than Danial Ibrahim feathered a ahead defensive shot towards Fisher behind because the rating fell to 57 for five within the twenty fifth over.

Sussex captain Alsop batted with an honest slice of fortune in his 96-ball 35, which got here to an finish late within the day when he edged Fisher shoulder-high to Ryan Rickelton at third slip.

The primary 5 of the left-hander’s six boundaries have been scored behind the wicket, together with his first which was inside-edged simply previous his off-stump off Fisher.

Sussex have been no less than boosted late within the day by Fynn Hudson-Prentice and Australian abroad seamer Nathan McAndrew, who shared an unbroken 44 for the seventh wicket.

Hudson-Prentice appeared essentially the most assured Sussex batter on present with 29 not out and McAndrew was robust on the pull and lower in hitting six boundaries in an unbeaten 25.