Sussex's preview, including free admission tomorrow:
https://sussexcricket.co.uk/news/sussex-vs-warwickshire

Live scores link https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#m28b5a8a6-dd99-40d3-9190-487e6c9ac545

Malik and Rushworth in for Bethell and Simmons.

We have elected to bat.

Looks like good number of spectators at the ground.

Bamber at 7 and it looks very weak on that front. I would put Roccchi at 7, he didn't look too bad last game. At least, it seems we have made a move that reflects us trying to bowl Sussex out but hope the long tail won't be something we regret.

Malik at 10 may be a bit high :-)

Likely to be Malik at 6 followed by Kai, Cory Ethan, OHD and Rushworth

Barnard 6, Kai 7, Bamber 8 isn't it?

Having the rare pleasure of watching this on the stream. Good start in terms of numbers. I haven't watched a lot of these bat this season so far but they do look quite skittish. Do they tend to settle down?

paulbear wrote:

Bamber at 7 and it looks very weak on that front. I would put Roccchi at 7, he didn't look too bad last game. At least, it seems we have made a move that reflects us trying to bowl Sussex out but hope the long tail won't be something we regret.

Yet another abysmal dismissal from Davies. a totally inappropriate shot for the match situation.

I ask, again, how can you expect other mebers of the team play sensibly, when their captain repeatedly is out to poor dismissals?

Highveld wrote:

Yet another abysmal dismissal from Davies. a totally inappropriate shot for the match situation.

I ask, again, how can you expect other mebers of the team play sensibly, when their captain repeatedly is out to poor dismissals?

For once I have to agree with Highveld, Davies continually plays like it's a one day game.

I think I need to sit in a cool darkened room to recover, from the bad shot or EB agreeing with me I wont say :-)

I thought we would go with Malik & Rushworth over Mousley & Simmons today - disappointed for Che though as he has been under-used so far this season. Surely Malik will bat ahead of Smith & Bamber? He has batted at 5 & 7 in his previous games.

I got confused earlier with Taz and Zen which at least stopped my "What Bamber at 7..." panic that I had this morning. A good start though so far.

Good disciplined innings from Yates so far.

He has been beaten a couple of times by good balls but has not done anything silly to give his wicket away, unlike Davies again.

I type this just as Latham's innings comes to an end, he just looked a bit out of sorts today.

I spoke too soon...........

We have gone from 174-1 to 190-4

RR was up at 4.5 ish now plummeting to 3.5 ish

Once again we have allowed the opposition to dictate the pace and tempo of the game

In fairness we have lost two quick wickets and have two new batsmen at the crease. I would expect the run rate to drop considerably while they,hopefully, get settled in to build a big partnership.

Not sure how to reconcile the fact both openers were caught in the deep with the fact they collectively seem very short on confidence.

I give Yates more of an allowance than Davies. Davies clearly had no time to think there but says something about his mindset he instinctively went for that shot. Malik never looked set, neither did Latham but credit to Sussex they have been relentless and have kept adapting. Something I hear we didn't in the last game.

meashambear wrote:

We have gone from 174-1 to 190-4

RR was up at 4.5 ish now plummeting to 3.5 ish

Once again we have allowed the opposition to dictate the pace and tempo of the game

At 340-4 it looked as though we could get up to around 500, but losing those three late wickets has changed it completely, we'll be lucky to get 420. It looks like being a good day for batting tomorrow, so our last remaining batsmen need to hang around as long as possible.

Yep, I think that was a crucial last session. If they get three early wickets, they could bat for 5 and a bit sessions and we'd be batting to save the game again.

Think Sussex hung on in there really well, especially as it looked like Hain and Barnard were getting on top. It's a fairly flat pitch but it has some pace and bounce in it. Crocombe and Sandhu looked sharp and Robinson's probably a bit quicker than our guys too. Carson gets good dip and is a genuine threat to left handers but looked like a pie bowler at right handers. Bizarre.

Would have been interested to see how Simmons got on here with a pitch that might have aided his pace and hostility as opposed to pudding pitch he gets at Edgbaston. Short ball at the body seemed to work today at times.

Yates looked good, particularly through the offside (catch to dismiss him was a stunner) and the skipper looked in good touch too. Latham's innings was painful, he's not really looked in nick at all to be fair but he finds a way to hang around. Zen got a good one but I'm surprised Mousley didn't play off the back of his Lions performances. Hain and Barnard showed that you really can cash in against the old Kookaburra ball as it goes soft.

Rapid outfield with fairly short boundaries.

Lovely day at Hove today with a large, enthusiastic and knowledgeable crowd in which created a nice atmosphere. My first visit to this ground. Exciting.

Also saw Jofra Archer on a scooter.

Anyone else who was at Hove notice Michael Booth bowling as part of the pre-match practice on the ground. Suggests he is pretty close to being available for selection?