County Championship: Sussex and Leicestershire finely balanced as wickets tumble at Hove
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Leicestershire's Tom Taylor dismissed five of Sussex's top seven on his way to career-best figures of 6-47
Specsavers County Championship Division Two, 1st Central County Ground, Hove (day one): |
Sussex 173: Wiese 51; Taylor 6-47, Wright 3-53 |
Leicestershire 131-5: Hill 40*; Hamza 3-36, Robinson 2-37 |
Leicestershire (3 pts) trail Sussex (1 pt) by 42 runs |
Fifteen wickets fell on a captivating first day of County Championship action at Hove as Leicestershire stumbled to 131-5 to trail Sussex by 42 runs.
Tom Taylor (6-47) starred as Sussex slumped to 36-5, but David Wiese (51) took advantage of some wayward change bowling to halt the away side's charge.
Valuable lower-order contributions from Ollie Robinson (23) and Danny Briggs (20) helped the hosts post 173.
Leicestershire collapsed to 59-5 but Lewis Hill (40 not out) led a recovery.
Hill hit four fours and a six as he shared an unbroken stand of 72 with Harry Dearden (26 not out) before play finished early because of bad light.