Day one washout at Hove and could the relegation battle already be settled?

The umpires Jack Shantry and Nigel Llong abandoned the day's play at 3pm with puddles already forming on the outfield.

Ironically, the sun peeped through the clouds a few moments later and there's a good forecast for the remaining three days.

Surrey still need to pick up some anti-relegation points, though their task has been made a great deal easier following their nerve-shredding one-wicket win over Yorkshire, which followed a tense draw against Essex.