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LV= County Championship Division Two, Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicester (day one) |
Leicestershire 210: Hill 35; Crocombe 3-37, Beard 3-58, Rawlins 2-28 |
Sussex 39-1: Haines 22* |
Sussex (3 pts) trail Leicestershire (1 pt) by 171 runs |
Match scorecard |
Sussex overcame the loss of England seamer Ollie Robinson to illness and dismissed Leicestershire for just 210 on the opening day of their County Championship match at the UptonSteel County Ground.
Robinson managed just a single over at half pace before leaving the field with suspected food poisoning, but the Sussex attack responded impressively with Henry Crocombe and Aaron Beard both taking three wickets and left-arm spinner Delray Rawlins claiming two.
It took a battling display from Leicestershire’s lower order to secure a single batting bonus point for the hosts, who in six first innings this season have passed 300 only once.
Left-arm spinner Callum…
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