Live: Yorkshire Men vs Surrey, Rothesay CC, Day One
Yorkshire face Surrey in their sixth match of the Rothesay County Championship summer. It's a blockbuster clash with plenty of star names. Follow this page for live updates throughout the day.
Close. Yorkshire 362-4, 96 overs
What an opening day that is for the White Rose, largely thanks to centurions Adam Lyth and Jonny Bairstow.
They have shared an unbroken fifth-wicket 241. Lyth finishes on 138 and Bairstow 116.
Yorkshire 350-4, 92nd over
Adam Lyth 135 and Jonny Bairstow 112.
The partnership is 231.
HUNDRED!!! Jonny Bairstow
Jonny Bairstow has reached his 32nd career first-class century.
Fabulous knock, off 160 balls with 15x4s and 1x6s.
Yorkshire 331-4 after 86 overs. Adam Lyth has 129, with the partnership at 210 and counting.
New ball
Key passage of play looms, with Surrey having taken the new ball at 298-4 from 80 overs.
Adam Lyth 117 and Jonny Bairstow 82.
These two have put on 177.
HUNDRED!!! Lyth
Adam Lyth reaches his 41st first-class century and his 47th in all senior, first-team cricket.
He gets there off 220 balls with 15 fours. Fabulous innings.
What a player!
Yorkshire are 270-4 in the 75th over.
Yorkshire 250-4, 69th over
First batting point secured for the White Rose.
This has been a superb recovery from 121-4.
Adam Lyth 91 and Jonny Bairstow 68.
The partnership is now 133.
Yorkshire 236-4, 66th over
Adam Lyth has 84 and Jonny Bairstow 59.
Surrey have returned to Matthew Fisher to try and get the breakthrough.
Tea. Yorkshire 232-4, 64 overs
Great second half of the afternoon for Yorkshire.
Lyth 82 and Bairstow 57. They have shared 111.
Bairstow 50
Jonny Bairstow has just reached his fifty off 89 balls.
Yorkshire 218-4 now.
Super end to the afternoon for the White Rose.
And a century partnership follows at 222-4.
Yorkshire 213-4, 59th over
Yorkshire moving along nicely now, with Adam Lyth 75 and Jonny Bairstow 45.
Decent batting conditions.
The fifth-wicket pair have shared 92.
Yorkshire 169-4, 49th over
Adam Lyth has 57 and Jonny Bairstow 25. These two have shared a steadying 48 after the losses of Joe Root and then Harry Brook shortly after lunch.
Lyth 50
Adam Lyth has just reached an excellent fifty, albeit one with a life on 31.
He’s got there off 124 balls.
Yorkshire 146-4.
Joe Root survives a morning run out appeal.
Yorkshire are currently 130-4, with Adam Lyth 46 and Jonny Bairstow 9.
Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com.
Yorkshire 121-4, 35.4 overs
Harry Brook caught Rory Burns bowled Matthew Fisher, 7.
Shimmies down the pitch, looks to drives but can only edge to first slip.
Surrey have started the afternoon impressively.
Jonny Bairstow in now alongside Adam Lyth, 46.
Yorkshire 105-3, 30 overs
Joe Root lbw Matthew Fisher, 44.
Looked out on initial sighting, but Root looked surprised at the decision.
Harry Brook in now alongside Adam Lyth, who has 38.
Lunch. Yorkshire 96-2, 29 overs
Morning wickets for Matthew Fisher and Jordan Clark.
But Yorkshire have done well having been inserted.
Adam Lyth has 37 and Joe Root 36.
Lions call for Wharts
Yorkshire 89-2, 26th over
Adam Lyth 33 and Joe Root 34 have shared 51 and counting for the third wicket.
Root has just inside-edged a boundary past his leg-stump for four off Matthew Fisher.
Yorkshire 84-2, 25th over
The White Rose will be pretty chuffed with this start.
Adam Lyth has 33 and Joe Root 29.
Yorkshire 74-2, 22nd over.
Adam Lyth has 32, Joe Root 20.
Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com.
Life for Lyth
Adam Lyth has just been dropped on 31 by Ryan Patel off Sean Abbott, with Yorkshire now 64-2 after 16 overs.
Yorkshire 52-2, 15th over
Three boundaries for Joe Root already. He has 12 and Adam Lyth has 22.
Yorkshire 38-2, 12.3 overs
Matthew Revis bowled Jordan Clark, 9.
Oh no. Revis is bowled trying to leave the seam of Clark alone.
Joe Root in now alongside Adam Lyth, 20.
Yorkshire 23-1, 5.1 overs
Will Luxton caught Dom Sibley bowled Matthew Fisher, 8.
Luxton has just clipped it straight to mid-wicket.
Matthew Revis is in at three alongside Adam Lyth, who has just taken three successive boundaries off Dan Worrall.
Luxton gets away
Will Luxton has taken a couple of boundaries off Matthew Fisher in the second over and has eight out of 10-0 after three overs.
Yorkshire 1-0, one over
Matthew Fisher sharing the new ball.
It’s fair to say that vast majority of folk connected with Yorkshire will be thrilled for him that he’s back in the England Test squad this week.
Fingers crossed, though, he doesn’t show why he’s been picked this week.
All set....
Adam Lyth and Will Luxton are opening the batting for the White Rose.
Dan Worrall has the new ball.
Surrey win the toss bowl
Yorkshire: Luxton, Lyth, Root, Revis, Brook, Bairstow c/w, Hill, Bess, Richardson, Cliff, White.
Matthew Fisher in the Surrey team.
Coad having a bowl
Ben Coad is having a bowl off a few paces as he recovers from his side injury.
Good morning...
From Headingley, where it’s a sunny start to the day ahead of our Rothesay County Championship clash with Surrey.
The White Rose are bidding for win number two at the sixth attempt, Surrey likewise. The difference between the two counties is that third-placed Surrey have drawn their other four games, while eighth-placed Yorkshire have drawn two and lost two.
Yorkshire are coming into this fixture on the back of a defeat to Warwickshire at Edgbaston, while Surrey drew with Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge last weekend.
Harry Brook and Joe Root are available for Yorkshire, while England duo Matthew Fisher and Jamie Smith are in Surrey’s squad.
This is the final Division One game before the start of the Vitality Blast next week.
We have previewed this fixture with Root and Anthony McGrath. You can read that via the link below.
We also spoke to biographer Ian Lockwood for our bygones piece. He is the author of Ted Peate – 10 drunks and a parson. In 1883, Peate took figures of 5-8 against Surrey at Holbeck. That piece is also linked below.
The live stream will be at the top of the page just before we get going.
Enjoy the day.
