Sussex v Nottinghamshire: Hosts fight back against promotion hopefuls

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Image caption, Delray Rawlins scored his first half-century of the season for Sussex

Half-centuries from Delray Rawlins and Michael Burgess rescued Sussex on day one against Nottinghamshire.

Notts, who needed a maximum of 12 points going into this game to secure promotion to Division One, reduced the hosts to 52-3 after opting to bowl.

Luke Wells (46) and Chris Nash (19) put on 48, but Steven Mullaney (3-37) helped restrict Sussex to 107-5 at tea.

Rawlins (55 not out) and Burgess (67 not out) saw Sussex through to close on 230-5 with an unbroken stand of 123.