HAMEED one week, Umeed the next. For the second successive match Durham yesterday came up against a young opening batsman of Asian background who was prepared to graft.

The painstaking 78 by Bolton-born Haseeb Hameed for Lancashire was surpassed by a 201-ball century from Glasgow-born Andrew Umeed for Warwickshire at Edgbaston.

While excellent bowling by Brydon Carse saw off Ian Bell and Jonathan Trott for 38 and one, the unknown Umeed's 101 underpinned a first day total of 273 for eight.

There were four wickets for James Weighell as Durham fought back gallantly in reducing Warwickshire from 195 for one following the loss of 19 overs to rain in mid-afternoon.

Weighell took his wickets bowling round the wicket to right-handers with the last two, Tim Ambrose and Chris Woakes, surprised to see the ball travelling to the slip and gully cordon when working to leg.

There was a further late bonus when Durham's nemesis, Keith Barker, drove loosely and edged to Michael Richardson to give Carse his third wicket.

Umeed's only previous first-class match was for Scotland against Afghanistan last June and he was given his chance because Ian Westwood had totalled 15 runs in six innings.

Warwickshire had not had a century opening stand since April, 2014, but Umeed and Varun Chopra put on 120 after Paul Collingwood exercised his right to dispense with the toss for the first time.

On a ground where Durham have been soundly beaten for the last four years, it was a surprise that they wanted to bowl on a fine morning.

They might have used the new ball better, but improved thereafter and Carse impressed greatly in a sustained spell following the rain break.

Prior to that the best balls either beat the bat or were edged out of reach, other than when Collingwood spurned the breakthrough he craved with Umeed on 19.

The captain was unable to hang on to an edged drive off Graham Onions, who saw another Umeed edge bisect second and third slips.

The 20-year-old right-hander capitalised diligently on his beginner's luck, scoring the bulk of his runs behind square, although his 11 fours did include three crisp off-drives.

His dismissal for 101, pulling Onions to mid-wicket, suggested a lapse of concentration three balls after reaching his century.

It was always likely that Warwickshire would have prepared a good batting pitch after having their wrist slapped last week for a below average one.

They reached 102 without loss at lunch, the only consolation for Collingwood being that he felt fit enough to bowl.

Perhaps he was trying to prove his fitness for the next T20 match after being left out at Worcester on Friday with a sore toe, but the fact that he had to come on with the score on 84 after 23 overs was bad news for his team.

Onions beat Chopra on 42 with his final ball of a nine-over spell, although the same batsman had twice driven him through the covers earlier in the over.

Chopra reached 50 off 66 balls but fell lbw to Weighell for 71 when playing across a full-length ball.

Bell generally looked untroubled and played several high-class strokes until Carse sparked the collapse by having him caught at second slip by Scott Borthwick.

Trott and Sam Hain both edged to Richardson, the latter betraying the previous qualities he has shown against Durham by wafting wide of off stump at Weighell.

With Rikki Clarke unavailable, Warwickshire's batting did not boast quite its usual depth and with only Yorkshireman Oliver Hannon-Dalby to come Durham will hope to polish them off quickly this morning.