ON previous evidence against Durham, Chris Woakes has never looked in Ben Stokes' class. But after being named as his second Test replacement yesterday the Warwickshire all-rounder celebrated in sensational style.

Durham looked like putting their Edgbaston hoodoo behind them when they reached 92 for one, but Woakes took the next nine wickets in dismissing them for 190.

His figures of nine for 36 have been bettered against Durham only by Middlesex's James Harris with his nine for 34 at Lord's last year.

Woakes is to join up with the England squad today, so with four overs to bat in their second innings Warwickshire sent him in to open.

He drove Graham Onions' first ball for four and was bowled by the third. Two balls later nightwatchman Chris Wright suffered the same fate as the hosts finished on 15 for two, leading by 138.

Onions almost had a third wicket when first innings century-maker Andy Umeed edged just short of second slip.

There was no sign of the carnage to come as Woakes' four pre-lunch overs cost 14, but after an excellent afternoon spell of four for 15 in nine overs he returned to clean up after tea.

Inbetween his second and third spells Michael Richardson and Ryan Pringle put on 29, but in taking the last five wickets in 7.4 overs Woakes conceded only seven runs.

Six of those came in one blow when James Weighell pulled him over backward square and earned a fierce stare.

It is normally Keith Barker who wreaks havoc against Durham, but he finished with none for 67 as Woakes took over as tormentor-in-chief through his probing away swing.

In his absence today Warwickshire have defied the usual convention of a like-for-like replacement by naming leg-spinner Josh Poysden as his stand-in.

Poysden has played only five first-class games but if they expect the pitch to start taking spin Durham would be entitled to object.

A fifth half-century opening stand in seven innings seemed to have laid a good platform, but all four of Warwickshire's seamers made life very tough for Durham in the afternoon as they lost five wickets in adding only 77 runs in 33 overs.

Oliver Hannon-Dalby made the breakthrough when he defeated Keaton Jennings' forward push to take out the off stump with the score on 62.

Scott Borthwick scored ten off his first seven balls, but then the runs dried up in the face of relentlessly accurate bowling.

Wright gave nothing away and once Woakes came on for his second spell the usually fluent Mark Stoneman was totally becalmed.

Having progressed comfortably to 22 at lunch, he added only 14 in 17 overs before having his bails trimmed for 36 when playing defensively forward.

Woakes then had Borthwick caught behind when playing back and after driving the first four for 12 overs through the covers Jack Burnham shouldered arms once too often. Woakes generally shaped the ball away, but this one held its line to hit off stump.

Paul Collingwood fell for two when he sliced a drive to backward point and after the stand of 29 Richardson fell to the second ball of Woakes' third spell. He followed a ball whch pitched on line and left him, edging to Tim Ambrose.

The wicketkeeper also caught Pringle, down the leg side, and Brydon Carse, second ball, while Weighell edged a back-foot shot to third slip.

Durham still needed one to avoid the follow-on when Onions joined Barry McCarthy, who went on to make 14 before hoisting Woakes to deep mid-wicket.

In the morning Durham needed an hour to take the two remaining Warwickshire wickets, both going to Onions after Jeetan Patel and Wright had put on 52.

Weighell's fifth wicket eluded him when he went within a hair's-breadth of bowling Patel when swinging one in from round the wicket.

Patel made 27 before miscuing a drive to lob a catch to mid-off and in his next over Onions hit the top of Wright's middle stump.

Given his two wickets at the end it wasn't a bad day for Onions, but he will need something very special today to keep Durham afloat.