Cricket latest: Yorkshire make strong start against champions

AN impressive opening stand between Adam Lyth and Joe Sayers helped put Yorkshire into a dominant position on the opening day of their County Championship Division One match against title-holders Durham.

By The Newsroom

Published 27th Apr 2010, 12:59 BST

Updated 28th Apr 2010, 01:06 BST

The duo put on 146 as the hosts racked up 304 for two against a Durham attack which was again missed Steve Harmison through injury.

It was Yorkshire's highest first-wicket partnership against their opponents and it was just the start that captain Andrew Gale was looking for after winning the toss in ideal batting conditions at Headingley.

Lyth made 85 and Sayers 63, before Jacques Rudolph (68 not out) and Anthony McGrath (73no) added an unbroken 131 for the third wicket.

Yorkshire: JJ Sayers, A Lyth, A McGrath, JA Rudolph, AW Gale*, JM Bairstow†, AU Rashid, DJ Wainwright, TL Best, SA Patterson, OJ Hannon-Dalby.

Durham: MJ Di Venuto, KJ Coetzer, WR Smith*, DM Benkenstein, ID Blackwell, BA Stokes, P Mustard†, LE Plunkett, M Davies, SG Borthwick, C Rushworth.

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