Chris Adams cracked his highest score for Sussex against his former county Derbyshire at Arundel.

The captain hit 192 out of a first day total of 349-8 after winning the toss and electing to bat.

Adams' knock spanned 288 balls and six hours and 21 minutes, with 23 fours. It eclipsed his previous-best for Sussex of 170 against Middlesex at Hove in 1998, his first season with the county.

Adams' hopes of a double hundred were dashed in the penultimate over of the day, when he drove at Graeme Welch and was caught at first slip.

Mark Davis drove a catch to gully later in the same over to give Welch figures of 4-82.

The Sussex wickets fell in batches. Richard Montgomerie edged Welch's first ball of the match to slip and his partner Murray Goodwin was caught behind off Tim Munton nine balls later.

That reduced the hosts to 8-2 after winning the toss, but Adams and Dutchman Baz Zuiderent repaired the damage with a third-wicket stand of 141 in 43 overs.

Welch trapped Zuiderent for 58 to spark a middle order collapse of 3-5 in four overs.

Slow left armer Lian Wharton had Michael Yardy and Umer Rashid caught at slip and behind the stumps respectively in the space of three balls.

Sussex were 154-5 at that stage, but Adams and young wicket-keeper Matt Prior then added 176 in 50 overs.

Prior struck his maiden first-class 50 before miscuing Sussex old boy Michael Di Venuto to short fine leg for 66.

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