Sussex will need a supreme effort to avoid a three-day defeat as Division One leaders Nottinghamshire look to complete a second win in four matches in a strong start to the County Championship season.
Last season’s Division Two champions came into this match level on points with the Trent Bridge side but at 195-7 in their second innings ended a day of fluctuating fortunes with a lead of just 64.
Nottinghamshire led by 131 on first innings, having slipped from 164-3 overnight to 210-8 before Liam Patterson-White (42) and Josh Tongue (39 not out) helped them recover to 300 all out, after skipper Haseeb Hameed’s fine 85 earlier.
Ollie Robinson and Jayden Seales led the Sussex bowling with four wickets each, with England’s Robinson the pick of the two.
Sussex reached 89-0 in their second innings before a collapse saw them lose five wickets for 36 runs.
Tom Haines made 64 but, until skipper John Simpson (35 not out) put up late resistance, it was a batting effort from the south coast side to match their disappointing showing in the first innings.
Australian Fergus O’Neill, whose four-match stint with Nottinghamshire ends with this match, has 3-60.
At 125-5, Sussex were in big trouble. They suffered more blows as Tongue had James Coles leg before and Liam Patterson-White bowled Fynn Hudson-Prentice but will at least require Nottinghamshire to bat again.
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