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County Championship, Division Two

vs Sussex

Day One

Morning: Worcestershire put Sussex straight in to bat on a surprisingly bright (though rather windy) Monday morning in Hove. As Ed Barnard was entrusted with the new ball for the first time in his career, he repaid that trust by removing Luke Wells caught behind for a duck with the third ball of the match. After a brief rain stoppage, his fellow opener Tom Haines also departed for a duck after a leading edge from the bowling of Charlie Morris offered a simple catch at mid-off. The morning got even better for Barnard when Will Beer was spectacularly caught behind for 7, leaving Sussex 32-3, and it required some careful batting from Stiaan van Zyl and Delray Rawlins to steer the hosts to lunch on 81-3.

Afternoon: In worsening light, Van Zyl and Rawlins continued to rack up runs, and their partnership had reached 94 when the former was caught at mid-on for 56 off Morris. Worcs continued to ask questions of the batsmen in the time there was, and got their reward as Rawlins played a loose shot outside off-stump to an Adam Finch delivery which was safely caught at second slip. On 150-5, the umpires then decided that the light was too poor to continue, and after bringing the players off, the rain then washed out the remainder of the day.

Evening: No play possible due to rain.