Phil Salt played the innings of his young life at Hove to place promotion chasing Sussex in a dominant position in their Specsavers County Championship Division Two match against Derbyshire.
Hands up then - who saw Chris Hughton’s team selection at 3.30pm on Sunday afternoon and had even the smallest slither of doubt about the side he'd selected to face the mighty Manchester United?
Captain Billy Godleman led some solid resistance by Derbyshire with his first Specsavers County Championship of the season against second-placed Sussex at Hove.
Brighton got off the mark for the season at the Amex yesterday as they sealed a 3-2 victory over Manchester United. Here's six things we learnt from the game:
First half goals from Glenn Murray, Shane Duffy and Pascal Gross fired Brighton to a 3-2 Premier League triumph over Manchester United at the Amex this afternoon. Here are the key points from United manager Jose Mourinho's post-match press conference.
Ben Brown doesn’t play Vitality Blast cricket but he does everything else for Sussex – leading the side and keeping wicket in the other two formats and even turning out for the seconds when there is time.
Brighton served up a clinical display to dispatch Jose Mourinho's Manchester United and pick up a first Premier League win of the new campaign at the Amex this afternoon.
Sussex's County Championship season resumes on Sunday with Derbyshire welcomed to Hove for the first of six games that will decide whether Jason Gillespie's men can clinch promotion back to the top division (11am start).
Sussex were given a fright by Middlesex before reaching the quarter-finals of the Vitality Blast for the first time since 2015 with a 31-run win at Hove.
Sussex Sharks Vitality Blast overseas player, Rashid Khan will miss the side’s final group match against Middlesex at The 1st Central County Ground tonight.
