LV= COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP, DIVISION ONE, Liverpool:
Close, day one: Sussex 243, Lancashire 32-1
Lancashire 3pts, Sussex 1pt
Match scorecard

Lancashire captain Glen Chapple took his 750th first-class wicket as Sussex were bowled out for 243 on day one of the County Championship at Liverpool.

Ed Joyce hit 84 and Joe Gatting 90 for Sussex, but they lacked support as only two other players made double figures.

Chapple rolled back the years with 5-68, while there were two wickets apiece for Sajid Mahmood and Tom Smith as Lancashire made regular inroads.

Lancashire lost opener Paul Horton as they reached the close on 32-1.

It looked like being newly promoted Sussex's day when they reached lunch at 108-1, with Joyce and Luke Wells (35) seemingly set.

But Chapple, who had earlier trapped Chris Nash leg before, uprooted Wells' off stump to end a partnership of 80 for the second wicket with Joyce, and had Murray Goodwin caught at point as the visitors crumbled to 165-6.

Gatting, whose 90 was his best Championship score, then put on a valuable 56 for the seventh wicket with Naved Arif, before Chapple trapped the Pakistan-born player lbw for his landmark wicket.

He completed his five-wicket haul by having James Anyon well caught at slip by Smith, before Mahmood wrapped up the innings as Gatting was caught behind off a top edge and Amjad Khan was caught by Horton at first slip.

BBC Sussex's Steve Sheppard:

"Ed Joyce will remember his 84 with a fond memory, while the outstanding performance of the day was from Joe Gatting. He was in superb form. Great in his defence, studious and watchful with every shot.

"His only bad shot was the one he got out to, but he was delighted with his best score in first-class cricket.

"The likes of Ben Brown and Murray Goodwin won't be happy with their first innings of the new campaign.

"What a Sussex debut for Naved Arif who had earlier stonewalled for one run for over 50 minutes with the bat, and then took the only Lancashire wicket of the day.

"It's a tantalising and finely poised game already. And just imagine what James Anyon and Monty Panesar could do on this pitch."

BBC Radio Manchester's Liam Bradford:

"On a glorious day at Aigburth, Lancashire showed the kind of determination and team spirit that are critical for success.

"Lancashire fielded a so far untested XI, with only a handful of players bringing experience.

"But the fighting spirit showed through as Oliver Newby and Tom Smith bought youthful exuberance to back up veteran captain Glen Chapple.

"The pitch looked slow and even. In theory, it should have been the perfect track to bat on. But hard work from the Lancashire seam attack saw them produce variation and a hint of swing that looks promising."

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