Oliver Robinson blasted a brilliant century on his debut as Sussex made a superb recovery on the first day of their Championship match at Durham.

Sussex recovered from 171-9 to make 335 as Robinson (110) and Matt Hobden (65 not out) laid into the Durham attack.

Their record tenth wicket partnership of 164 broke a Sussex record that has stood for 107 years.

Robinson faced just 112 balls and smashed 18 fours,  Hobden also wasted no time and faced just 79 balls.

Robinson's day go even better when Durham went into bat.

He removed Mark Stoneman and Keaton Jennings, both to catches by Ed Joyce, as Durham reached 102-2 on an eventful day.

Robinson, the former Yorkshire seamer, was signed after Sussex were left with just three frontline pace bowlers and was making his first class debut.

The 21-year-old was without a club after being sacked by Yorkshire last season for "unprofessional actions".

Earlier, Sussex reacted in almost cavalier fashion to being inserted and losing a wicket to the third ball at Chester-le-Street. But after a second-wicket stand of 88 in 18 overs they lost three further wickets to reach lunch on 117 for four.

Following his century at Hove last week, Matt Machan went in when Chris Nash edged Graham Onions to Phil Mustard and immediately began peppering the boards.

He scored the first 18 runs before Ed Joyce got off the mark with a six hooked over the short long leg boundary. The batsmen then either missed or middled as they rode their luck before both departed on 88.

Machan indicated an edge after falling lbw to John Hastings for 43 and Joyce slapped an Usman Arshad long hop straight to backward point.

Craig Cachopa edged a good ball from Hastings to Mustard in the penultimate over before lunch.