Live: Sussex v Yorkshire Men, Rothesay CC, Day Two

Fourteen wickets have fallen on day two, with Sussex 84-4 in their reply to 194.

We’ve lost 13 overs from the day’s allotted 104.

Tom Alsop has 17 and John Simpson is yet to get off the mark.

Sussex trail by 110. It would be a surprise if we get back on.

James Coles caught Matthew Revis bowled George Hill, 17.

Chipped to mid-wicket.

Yorkshire keep plugging away.

Tom Alsop 12 and James Coles 23.

The light has actually got better. We have 17 overs remaining after this one.

Sussex are 59-3 in the 16th over, and the sun has disappeared. We still have 21 overs remaining following this one.

It would be a significant surprise if we saw them all.

Oli Carter caught behind Jonny Bairstow bowled Matt Milnes, 16.

Carter edges to first slip and George Hill drops it onto Bairstow’s foot and he grabs the rebound.

Milnes has his second wicket.

Oli Carter has 16, James Coles 8.

These two are aiming to settle things down after the two early wickets.

Tom Haines lbw Matt Milnes, 20.

Trapped in front and Yorkshire have hit back nicely with the ball. Still plenty to do, but they’re on the right track.

James Coles in now alongside Oli Carter, who has 4.

Dan Hughes caught Fin Bean bowled Jack White, 2.

Caught low down at third slip.

Yorkshire have the breakthrough and need a few more to go with it.

Oli Carter in now alongside Tom Haines, 8.

Matt Milnes is sharing the new ball with Jack White.

Jack White has the new ball and is bowling Australian opener Dan Hughes. Tom Haines is the other Sussex opener.

Jack White caught Tom Haines bowled Jack Carson, 5.

Caught at slip on the drive.

Yorkshire fall from 69-0 to 194 all out.

Jaydev Unadkat and Fynn Hudson-Prentice claim three wickets, with Adam Lyth top-scoring with 47.

We still have 37 overs remaining in the day.

Jordan Thompson lbw Jack Carson, 38.

Pushing forwards and trapped in front.

Jack White in now alongside Matt Milnes, who has 4.

Yorkshire lose six wickets in the afternoon session as Sussex gain the initiative.

But Jordan Thompson on 36 is keeping them afloat. Matt Milnes is with him on 2.

Mayank Agarwal caught James Coles bowled Jaydev Unadkat, 26.

Pushing forwards against his fellow Indian overseas player, Agarwal is caught low down going to his right by Coles at second slip.

Matt Milnes in now alongside Jordan Thompson, 30.

Worcestershire 186-4 v Durham at Banks Homes Riverside

Somerset 188-5 v Hampshire, The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton

Surrey 173 all out v Nottinghamshire 231 all out and 53-5, The Kia Oval (Matthew Fisher nine wickets in the match)

Essex 170-3 v Warwickshire at Edgbaston.

Not sure you’d quite call this a Jordan Thompson counter-attack, but he’s certainly played positively, as you’d expect him to.

He has moved to 30 out, sharing 58 for the eighth wicket with Mayank Agarwal, who has 24.

Mayank Agarwal 20 and Jordan Thompson 18 have added 28 for the eighth wicket.

Yorkshire need a settling stand here to take the sting out of things.

Dom Bess caught behind John Simpson bowled Fynn Hudson-Prentice, 0.

Hudson-Prentice on a hat-trick as Bess is caught behind down leg.

Jordan Thompson in now.

George Hill caught Jack Carson bowled Fynn Hudson-Prentice, 6.

Ah, Hill falls chasing one outside off-stump.

Dom Bess in now for the White Rose alongside Mayank Agarwal, 11.

Unbeaten Mayank Agarwal pushes forward during the early stages of his innings today. He has 10 not out in 111-5.

Picture by John Heald.

Matthew Revis caught behind John Simpson bowled Jaydev Unadkat, 1.

Revis undone pushing forwards, and Yorkshire have lost four wickets for 18.

George Hill is now alongside Mayank Agarwal, 9.

Jonny Bairstow bowled Jaydev Unadkat, 2.

Oh no. Yorkshire on the back foot after a decent start this morning.

Bairstow bowled through the gate.

Matthew Revis in now alongside Mayank Agarwal, 8.

James Wharton caught Jack Carson bowled Ollie Robinson, 9.

Pushed forwards, caught low down, and Sussex have hit back strongly either side of lunch.

Adam Lyth on the attack against Jack Carson’s off-spin this morning, the Yorkshire opener en-route to 47.

The White Rose are now 94-2 in the 33rd over, immediately after lunch.

Picture by John Heald.

We’ve just completed the 30th over, with James Wharton clipping the first ball after lunch for four to fine-leg.

Yorkshire 91-2, with Mayank Agarwal 5.

Adam Lyth caught behind John Simpson bowled Sean Hunt, 47.

Inside-edge on the drive does for Lyth in the final over of the session.

That’s lunch as well.

Mayank Agarwal has 5 having been dropped at slip.

Fin Bean caught behind John Simpson bowled Fynn Hudson-Prentice, 27.

Caught behind trying to cut the seam of Hudson-Prentice.

Mayank Agarwal in now to join Adam Lyth, who has 34.

Adam Lyth 24 and Fin Bean 19.

A very handy start for Yorkshire on what looks to be a placid pitch.

Sussex have introduced Jack Carson to bowl the 18th over of the game.

Yorkshire are 47-0, with Adam Lyth 20 and Fin Bean 19.

Adam Lyth has 19 and Fin Bean 17.

There have been a few confident shouts from the Sussex bowlers and fielders and lbws and caught behinds, including one for the latter against Adam Lyth recently which had a frustrated Ollie Robinson kicking at the turf.

Adam Lyth has 10 and Fin Bean 7.

Looks a decent surface here at Hove.

Bean and Lyth have hit a boundary apiece so far.

It’s been a quiet start here at Hove, where there hasn’t been a boundary yet.

Adam Lyth has 1, Fin Bean 2 as they navigate the new-ball threat posed by Ollie Robinson and Jaydev Unadkat.

Ollie Robinson has the new ball and will bowl to Adam Lyth.

Fin Bean is the other Yorkshire opener.

Yorkshire: Fin Bean, Adam Lyth, Mayank Agarwal, James Wharton, Jonny Bairstow c&w, Matthew Revis, George Hill, Dom Bess, Jordan Thompson, Matt Milnes, Jack White.

The day will be extended today by eight overs to try and make up some of what was lost yesterday. And there’s a good chance we’ll get all of them in.

The toss is about to take place.

From The 1st Central County Ground, Hove, where the sun is shining ahead of day two, which will effectively be day one given the frustrations of yesterday.

There are no issues today. The covers are off, the players are about to start warming up, and we’re all good for a 10.30am start.

You would think that one more win from two games for these two counties – Sussex are 12 points clear of second-bottom Durham and Yorkshire nine – will seal safety ahead of 2026. Whether there is enough time to get a positive result this week remains to be seen.

The toss will be an interesting one. Look up and it’s a batting day. But the pitch has been under cover for quite some time. That may swing the decision towards bowl first today.

There was only one game which started across either division yesterday. That was the top-of-the-table Division One clash between leaders Surrey and second-placed Nottinghamshire at the Kia Oval. There’s one point between them, the winner pretty much assured of the title.

They actually played a full day, with Notts bowled out for 231 and Surrey 43-1 in reply. Matthew Fisher took five wickets.

We spoke to Gavin Hamilton while we were waiting for play here at Hove yesterday, with our general manager of cricket speaking about men’s recruitment ahead of 2026 and the second half of the season form.

That’s available via the embedded X post above.

Enjoy the day.