Chris Nash believes Sussex's loss to Lancashire in their opening fixture was a wake-up call
Batsman Chris Nash hopes Sussex can make a swift recovery from their heavy season-opening LV= County Championship defeat at Lancashire when they take on Durham this week.
Sussex were guilty of a collapse in their second innings when they slipped from 152 for three to 174 all out as veteran bowlers Gary Keedy and Glen Chapple rolled back the years with nine wickets between them.
The innings-and-55-run loss at Liverpool was a demoralising return to Division One for Sussex, who romped to the title in the second tier last year.
Opener Nash, who made 15 and 43 with the bat, admitted Lancashire were the superior side but he is confident they can learn from their failings at the Emirates Durham ICG.
He told ecb.co.uk: “Obviously you want to start with a good result and it really wasn’t ideal. We had a really poor collapse which was quite disappointing but we’ll try and take whatever positives we can and hopefully use it as a bit of a kick-start for our season.
“I think they outplayed us in every aspect and we can hold our hands up and say we were outplayed. We’ve got a few days off now and we’ll be working hard to make sure we are a bit more resilient come next week.
“I think it’s just getting us back into the way Division One cricket is played.
"Last year, a lot of cricket was three-day cricket, it was kind of bang, bang, lots of wickets, runs came quick, so I think it’s just a case of getting used to that more attritional cricket. Hopefully we can adapt quite quickly.”
Nash has high hopes for the campaign and is refusing to get too dispirited following one defeat, instead focusing on success across all three domestic fronts.
“We always set out to win every trophy we play in,” he said. “I think it’s been a good approach and in quite a lot of cases it’s been an approach that has worked.
"We aim to win everything; we never look to just stay in Division One. We’re looking to win the division and if we can get our game right we’ve got the players to do that.
“It’s something that we aim to do and hopefully if we can stay in three competitions until as late as we can we’ll hopefully win a couple.”
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