Sean Hunt is putting the work in with bowling coach James Kirtley in the nets for Sussex.
And it helped him play his part, along with Michael Booth and Chris Woakes of Warwickshire, in a collective display of top-drawer seam-bowling at Edgbaston.
The two title-chasers delivered a gripping second day of their Rothesay County Championship match.
In the morning, Sussex collapsed to 156 all out, losing their last seven wickets for 44 runs against an attack led by Woakes (four for 36) and Booth (three for nine).
Warwickshire’s batters then fared little better for 161 all out, only tail-end resistance featuring Booth (34 not out, 45 balls) repairing damage caused by Hunt (four for 30) and Henry Crocombe (three for 60).
Trailing by five runs on first innings, Sussex closed on 84 for three (Tom Haines 32 not out, 64) in their second to leave the match perfectly poised.
The Rothesay County Championship is widely regarded as the best red-ball competition in the world and the Edgbaston crowd was treated to a day which underlined that reputation: high skills, high drama and constant twists.
Hunt said: "It was an interesting day and very mixed.
"We lost our seven wickets quite quickly but I think to bowl them out for only seven ahead was a pretty good effort and then a good shift with the bat has put us in a decent position going into day three.
"The ball was certainly moving off the pitch this morning and the bounce was quite true which makes it a bit harder when there's movement there.
"But it was still moving when we bowled and we showed if you put it in the right place you get your rewards.
"Personally, it was nice to take more than one wicket. Everything felt good but there was movement there and it just happened to be me that got the wickets whereas everyone bowled really well.
"I'm feeling okay. I didn't play much one-day cricket to be ready for a big shift in this last six games but the rhythm is coming and I've been working hard with James Kirtley in the nets."
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