DURHAM'S decision to bat at home to Warwickshire was probably helped by their visitors fielding a depleted attack. Mark Stoneman continued his good form and was on ?? out of ?? for one at lunch.

Chris Woakes made his first appearance of the season for Warwickshire after foot and knee injuries, but Chris Wright and Boyd Rankin had joined Keith Barker on the casualty list. Both had stiff backs.

With Jonathan Trott on paternity leave, Durham have every chance of ending a run of heavy defeats by these opponents.

Keaton Jennings never looked settled and was lbw for seven, propping forward against Rikki Clarke, who found some movement in a testing opening spell.

Stoneman hit him for three fours in his fifth over, the third one gloved so fine down the leg side that it just evaded Tim Ambrose, back after illness.

Yorkshire reject Oliver Hannon-Dalby shared the new ball, but there was a bigger threat when Woakes came on for the 14th over.

He found Stoneman's edge twice in his first two overs, the second one flying at shoulder height to the left of third slip.

Scott Borthwick took time to play himself in, but he was well underway once he had hit two cracking fours in the 21st over, the first bowled by the fourth seamer, Tom Milnes.

His five overs cost ??, including a big six pulled over mid-wicket to take Stoneman to 50 off 76 balls. Borthwick was on 41 at lunch.