Luke Wright hit a magnificent century as Sussex cruised to victory against Yorkshire in the CB40 at Hove.
The England all-rounder hit 103 off 91 balls to help the Sharks chase down a target of 238-9 with four wickets to spare.
Joe Gatting made 45 and shared in a 90 stand with Wright while Chris Nash scored 44 as Sussex got home in the 34th over.
Yorkshire's total was never going to be enough on a good wicket after they had won the toss.
Andrew Gale and Adam Lyth got them off to a solid start with a stand of 49 while Phil Jacques, Gary Ballance and Joe Root all made good contributions without going on to play a big innnings.
Yorkshire then slumped at the end of their innings as they lost five wickets for just 11 runs in the space of 17 balls to be restricted to 238-9.
Nash was the pick of the Sussex bowlers with figures of 2-34 while Amjad Khan took three late wickets to finish with 3-51.
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