YORKSHIRE lost the last three wickets of their first innings to a hat-trick by left-arm paceman Jason Lewry on the second and final day of their friendly against Sussex at Hove on Tuesday.

Lewry bowled Tim Bresnan and pinned David Lucas lbw with the last two deliveries of his 18th over and with the first ball of his next over he rattled Mark Lawson's stumps to finish with 5-29 as Yorkshire were bowled out for 210 to trail by ten runs.

Yorkshire's bowlers struggled to make an impact in the Sussex second innings with openers Mike Yardy and Richard Montgomerie putting on 80 in a total of 135-2 before the game ended in a draw.

Sussex - First innings 218 (Montgomerie 88). Second Innings: M Yardy not out 57, R Montgomerie c Dawood b Lucas 45, T Ambrose c&b McGrath 31, extras 2, Total (2 wkts)135.

Bowling: Silverwood 5-1-16-0, Kruis 6-3-13-0, Lawson 11-1-27-0, Lucas 8-3-26-1, Bresnan 7-2-18-0, Blain 7-1-24-0, McGrath 3-1-9-1.

Yorkshire - First innings: C Taylor lbw b Lewry 9, J Sayers c Ambrose b Lewry 41, A McGrath c Yardy b Kirtley 38, M Wood lbw be Wright 17, M Lumb b Kirtley 28, C White c Hopkinson by Davis 19, I Dawood c Yardy b Martin-Jenkins 18, T Bresnan b Lewry 1, M Lawson b Lewry 5, D Lucas lbw b Lewry 0, G Kruis not out 0, extras 32, Total 208.

Bowling: Kirtley 19-4-38-2, Lewry 17.1-5-29-5, Wright 15-4-50-1, Martin-Jenkins 19-7-39-1, Davis 12-3-24-1, Yardy 7-2-14-0.

Updated: 11:05 Wednesday, April 06, 2005