END OF OVER:17 | 6 Runs | YORKS: 103/0
- Will Rhodes45 (51b)
- Alex Lees52 (51b)
- Moeen Ali2-0-15-0
- Sachithra Senanayake4-0-24-0
Having conceded a first-innings lead of four runs and handicapped by the absence of Ryan Sidebottom with a calf injury, Yorkshire's seamers performed as well as ever they did in their title-winning summer
As England's batsmen struggled in the West Indies, Dickie Bird has railed strongly against the policy of selecting players for an England tour, only to leave them wearing bibs and ferrying drinks while their county plays important Championship matches
Yorkshire's batsmen, led by skipper Alex Lees and Tim Bresnan, battled hard and successfully to all but match Worcestershire's very decent first-innings 311
Yorkshire began their defence of the title at Worcester and were repelled by a composed hundred by Tom Fell