Worcestershire enjoy better of opening day, Nottinghamshire bowled out cheaply

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION ONE ROUNDUP: Surrey and Worcestershire both have the upper hand in their games, while games at Southampton and Riverside are evenly poised

Worcester (day one of four): Warwickshire 227, Worcestershire 53-0 - Worcestershire trail by 174 runs with 10 wickets remaining

Tom Taylor continued his excellent form with another four wickets as Worcestershire bowled Warwickshire out for 227 on the opening day of their Rothesay County Championship match at Visit Worcestershire New Road.

Taylor took 4 for 37 as Warwickshire, having been strongly placed at 161 for 2 thanks to Sam Hain (86) and Tom Latham (59), lost their last eight wickets fell for 66 runs.

Worcestershire then rounded off a very satisfactory day's work by reaching a composed 53 without loss with Jake Libby on 39 and Gareth Roderick 13.

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^{Yorkshire enjoyed a good first day against Nottinghamshire (George Wood/Getty Images)}

Headingley (day one of four): Nottinghamshire 228, Yorkshire 10-2 - Yorkshire trail by 218 runs with eight wickets remaining

Nottinghamshire's Ben Slater and Joe Clarke posted battling half centuries and new England Lion George Hill claimed five more wickets for Yorkshire during a fascinating opening day of Rothesay County Championship cricket at Headingley.

Division One leaders Notts, inserted, were bowled out for 228 by a White Rose side who sat second-bottom ahead of this seventh fixture of the summer.

Opener Slater made 52 off 111 balls and Clarke 64 off 151, while Hill's seam accounted for five for 40 from 20 overs – his third haul of five wickets or more in as many matches. He is now the joint-leading wicket-taker in the country with 32.

Yorkshire closed on 10 for 2 from 12 overs in reply, Mohammad Abbas striking twice.

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^{Sam Curran returned to action for Surrey (Alex Davidson/Getty Images)}

Riverside (day one of four): Durham 277, Somerset 63-3 - Somerset trail by 214 runs with seven wickets remaining

Matt Henry took four wickets for Somerset but 20-year-old Mitch Killeen's late strike helped Durham just shade the first day of the Rothesay County Championship match at the Banks Homes Riverside.

Despite Ollie Robinson's 52 and a half-century stand for the last wicket, the home side were dismissed for 253 in their first innings in a match between teams who possess identical records and are currently separated by a handful of bonus points in the Division One table.

Having accounted for three top-order batters, Henry returned figures of four for 60, but Somerset were 63 for 3 in reply at the close with the wicket of Tom Lammonby falling to Championship debutant Killeen for 24 just seven balls before the close.

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