Delray Rawlins was unable to add to his overnight score of 55 during Sussex’s second division match at home to Nottinghamshire in the Specsavers County Championship.

Rawlins reached his first half-century in Championship cricket during the opening day of the match, but was caught behind by wicketkeeper Chris Read off the left-arm seam bowling of Harry Gurney yesterday morning at Hove. The left-hander, batting at No 6, led a fightback with Michael Burgess after Sussex slipped to 107 for five; the pair added 123 runs for the sixth wicket in the final session on the opening day.

England all-rounder Chris Jordan scored 147 and wicketkeeper-batsman Burgess hit 146, as Sussex were dismissed for 565 off 133.2 overs in their first innings.

In reply, Nottinghamshire, who require 12 points to seal promotion, are struggling on 108 for five off 26 overs. Stuart Whittingham, a right-arm fast-medium bowler, has taken three wickets for Sussex.

Rawlins made his first-class debut at home to Kent in April but had not played in the Championship since facing Gloucestershire in June. The former England Under-19 all-rounder is the first Bermudian to play first-class cricket and the second Bermudian-born player, after David Hemp with Glamorgan in 1991, to make the grade at county level.