Chris Nash reckons T20 came at the right time to get him back into batting form.

Now the Sussex opener hopes to prove it by helping his side to important Championship points at New Road.

Not by going along at 15 an over and hitting the ball to all parts like he did at Hove on Thursday, although he joked about it after that explosive half-century.

But by using those opportunities the rain-affected NatWest T20 Blast served up to find a bit of time and rhythm in the middle after a testing start to the season.

Sussex got the red balls out at practice yesterday as they turn attentions to the one Championship round which punctuates the T20 summer.

They travelled in the afternoon and get under way against Worcestershire today (11am).

Nash is way down the batting averages at the moment, going at 17s with just the one early-season half century.

But he has been spectacular in the last two T20 outings at Hove, including the tie with Kent in which he might just have turned the batting corner.

That will certainly be the hope as life takes on a more sedate pace for the next four days.

Nash told The Argus: “I think it is just about hitting a cricket ball.

“In four-day cricket you can get in a cycle where you have a few bad games.

“That can be three weeks with no batting.

“Four-day cricket is a technical battle. In T20, if you are not getting scores, you have to free yourself more and more.

“For me, T20 came around at the perfect time. I was getting to the end of the spiral where I have worked so hard and the results hadn’t come.

“I was getting down about it. I had almost working too hard, I suppose, to get myself in form and try and do well for the team.

“It hasn’t worked for a number of reasons – and T20 came up beautifully to free me up.

“A few shortened games got me going. I’m feeling confident. Whether or not I now go out and bat as a red-ball batter, who knows?

“That’s the challenge of county cricket. We play two days of T20 cricket, we go into a four-day game and then we go back to T20.

“It is not always the easiest thing to but we will give it a crack.”

Nash rounded off the first half of the T20 series with another matchwinning onslaught, versus Kent at Canterbury on Friday.

Now for the Championship. Sussex, with a game in hand, are 36 points behind Worcestershire, who occupy the second promotion place, making this a potentially crucial encounter.

Nash said: “It is such a shame that it is in the middle of T20.

“Some teams will be affected more than others.

“I think we have really enjoyed T20 cricket and practising our skills.

“To now stop and play one Championship match is tough but that is what we are paid to do and we will give it a crack.”

Mark Davis set his side a target of four wins from six to get back into the promotion running after a tough Championship start. They duly delivered He did likewise in T20 and has now set the same target again for the four-dayers.

Of course, even if they hit that goal, their eventual fate might depend on when those wins come – and what happens in the other two games.

The Sussex head coach said: “I’ve done the same target – four wins out of six.

“If we do that, especially with the games we have in hand and the teams that we play, we will certainly put ourselves in the frame to be promoted.

“The players not involved in T20 have been practising a lot against the red ball.

“People like Luke Wells and Harry Finch have been topping up their skills in the four-day stuff.”

Luke Wright, missing of late with a back niggle, is not expected to play until Thursday, when T20 returns with a trip to Lord’s.