A decent start to the day for Yorkshire, Martin-Jenkins moved to 49 before Hoggard found the edge of his bat, Rudolph did the rest at slip. Yorkshire looked to be in a position to run through Sussex's long tail but that wasn't the case and the morning was a disaster for the White Rose as Hodd and Naved smashed the ball to all parts. The pair took the score until 500 at a good rate before Naved hit the ball straight to Inzamam off Bresnan after making 46 (49 balls). The carnage continued into the afternoon as Sussex batsman continued to dominate. Sussex's keeper Hodd going through to a maiden championship century. He finally went when he skyed Rashid to Hoggard for 123 (219 balls, 12 fours) at that point came the declaration on 597 for 8. Saqlain was 57 not out (94 balls). Adil Rashid 3 for 136, Hoggard 2 for 75 and Bresnan 2 for 104.
Andrew Gale hit the first ball of the Yorkshire innings to the boundry and both he and Vaughan started in positive mode. The score reached 31 when Vaughan was dismissed by Lewry for 8. Gale and McGrath maintained a run rate at over 4 an over for the Tykes and looked in command of the bowling; but with the last ball before tea McGrath fell to Mushtaq for 31 (52 balls, 5 fours) leaving Yorkshire 79 for 2.
Inzamam came in at number 4 and a battle of two great Pakistani players commenced. Unfortunately it was won by Mushtaq who dismissed Inzamam for 8. Jacques Rudolph came in and played some classy drives, he and Gale moved the score on to 118 before Rudolph was caught off Martin-Jenkins for 23 (34 balls, 4 fours). Things then got worse for the Tykes when a loose drive by Brophy saw him caught off Martin-Jenkins for 0. Tim Bresnan went for 9 but Adil Rashid and Amjal Shahzad ensured there were no further disasters before the close. Mushtaq ended the day with 4 for 66 as Yorkshire closed on 188 for 7.
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