George Garton knew he had to had to hit the ground running

The 24-year-old replaced Ollie Robinson in the attack with the visitors having already brought up their 50 and with opener Adam Lyth having already scored 33 runs.

However, Garton made an instant impact picking up 3-15 in a five-over spell which included the wickets of Lyth and England skipper Joe Root, as Yorkshire went from 60-1 to 150 all out.

But the bowler knew he had to get it right straight away.

He said: “We weren’t obviously happy with the way that we started and they got away a bit.

“It is also a good wicket so if you don’t put it in the right areas you can score quite freely and Lyth is in great form for them, which he showed again with 40-odd.

“So I knew coming on I had to hit my stride straight away, but didn’t bowl the best first over.

“I think then it just shows with a bit of luck or something going your way it just got the ball rolling and from there we just carried on.”

Garton was also delighted to pick up the huge wicket of Root.

He said: “I’d be lying if I said it was not a good feeling. He is one everyone wants.

“Before the play started Ollie (Robinson) said he wanted to get him in both innings, so I got one up on him there.”

It was not just some superb bowling that helped Sussex take control on the first day of the County Championship match at the 1st Central County Ground.

In reply the Sharks finished the day on 118-3 thanks to an unbeaten 71 from opener Tom Haines (pictured), who continued his fine start to the campaign by scoring his third half century.

Sussex make one change to the side that beat Glamorgan by eight wickets with seamer Sean Hunt returning to the side to replace Stuart Meaker.

They lost the toss and Yorkshire decided to bat first.

England hopeful Robinson and fellow seamer Hunt opened the bowling as national head coach Chris Silverwood watched on.

In the first five overs Lyth took a couple of blows from both Robinson and Hunt and looked to be in some trouble.

The visitors brought up their 50 off 14.3 overs.

However, just two over later Garton made the breakthrough as Lyth went eight runs short of his half century, after he pulled the ball to Tom Clark at mid-wicket, to leave the visitors 60-1.

Garton picked up wickets in back-to-back overs as he bowled Tom Kohler-Cadmore for 17 dislodging both the leg and off stump from the ground.

Root walked out to crease at four to join his former England colleague Gary Balance.

Garton then picked up the massive wicket of Root after trapping him lbw. The England skipper only scored five runs off his 16 balls leaving Yorkshire 75-3 off 22.4 overs.

Hunt then got in on the act picking up the wicket of Ballance for 18, after he edged the ball to Garton at first slip.

Just before lunch Delray Rawlins got his first wicket of the innings as he bowled Brooks, who went for 14 to leave Yorkshire 102-5.

Rawlins struck against not long after lunch as he picked up the wicket of England spinner Dom Bess, after he edged the ball to skipper Ben Brown, to leave Yorkshire 126-6.

The following over Hunt picked up his second wicket of the innings as Jonathan Tattersall edged the ball to Brown.

Thompson was the next man to go as he was trapped lbw by Jack Carson, leaving Yorkshire 140-8.

Robinson who had not had much success in the innings, then showed what he capable of by cleaning up the tail quickly.

Sussex made a fast start in reply bringing up their 50 in just14 overs.

However, a couple of overs later that opening stand came to an end when Aaron Thomason edged a delivery from Jordan Thompson to Tattersall, meaning he had to go for 20.

Haines, who had already hit 274 runs in his previous four innings, then brought up his third half century of the season in just 56 balls, by flicking the ball off his pads and to the leg-side boundary for four.

The Sharks suffered a blow late on in the day’s play as Stiaan Van Zyl went for 16 after he edged Duanne Olivier’s delivery to Kohler-Cadmore at first slip.

With six overs remaining Sussex decided to bring Henry Crocombe in as a night watchman.

However, that proved to be the only thing that went wrong fro them on the opening day as he went for a duck. Haines finished the day unbeaten on 71 alongside Tom Clark, who is on seven.