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"Steve Smith has drawn first blood in his County Championship batting duel against his Aussie pal Marnus Labuschagne - but both will have observed the form of a key English Ashes rival Ollie Robinson.
Smith, whose home debut for Sussex drew in the crowds at Hove on Thursday, didn't let them down as he made an assured unbeaten 68 not out by the close to put the hosts in a commanding position after the opening day against Glamorgan.
But Smith, who's already quickly learned about the skill of his Sussex teammate Robinson in practice at the south coast county, watched on from second slip as his Test teammate Labuschagne was trapped lbw for just one by the very first ball he faced from the paceman."
"With Ashes omens thick on the ground at the Sussex seaside, Glamorgan allrounder Michael Neser also staked another claim to join the Australia party in England following two more sharp wickets, including the dismissal for a duck of Sussex Indian rock Cheteshwar Pujara.
Neser, who took a hat-trick and a career-best seven-wicket haul against Yorkshire before then shining with the bat against Worcestershire, this time snared Pujara, set to be a key figure for his country in the World Test Championship final, leg before."
