County Championship: Essex restrict Sussex to 213-7 on day one
Essex bowler Jamie Porter took three wickets to help restrict Sussex to 213-7 on the first day of their County Championship match. The game was marked by attritional play and a significant injury to Essex's Charlie Bennett.
Why it matters
This match is a key fixture in the Rothesay County Championship, impacting the standings in Division One of English domestic cricket.
Image source, Shutterstock Image caption, Essex seamer Jamie Porter has taken 599 first-class wickets
Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford (day one)
Essex's bowling replacement Jamie Porter came onto the field to rip through the Sussex batting line-up at Chelmsford.
Porter, rested by Essex for this County Championship match, was called into post-lunch action after the pacy Charlie Bennett limped off – and out of the game – with a leg injury sustained during the morning session.
He was later described as 'sore' and was being assessed.
Porter struck in his fifth over on the way to taking his season's tally to 28 wickets. His 3-32 from a dozen overs blasted a large hole in a plodding Sussex performance. Their batters invariably hung around for a while, but without accumulating runs at a rate higher than 2.3 an over, and then got out.
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