Mark Wagh was within sight of his first four-day hundred of the season as Notts swept to 359-3 and into the lead against Sussex at lunch on day three.

The former Warwickshire player has scored nine half centuries this season and leads the run-scoring charts.

But he has yet to convert one of those to a three-figure score and will hope to do so on a good Hove pitch shortly after the resumption.

Wagh stands on 85 from 176 balls with seven boundaries and two maximums.

He has put on 71 with Matthew Wood (35 not out, four fours) after losing Ashwell Prince midway through the session.

Resuming the day on 259-2, the total had reached 288 before the South African was out for 30 to spinner Ollie Rayner, Sussex skipper Chris Adams taking the catch.

But that did not seem to hinder Notts, who took their tally of batting points to four in passing the 350 mark.

They now lead by 20 runs, but with seven wickets in hand will hope to extend that by quite some distance in the remaining two sessions.