Joe Root made a spritely 90 to dig Yorkshire out of a hole, while Zak Crawley was also in the runs for KentFifty on debut for Beau Webster at Headingley, and he lays into his countryman Jordan Buckingham to take Warwickshire into the lead. Warwickshire 215-7, a lead of ten. On this pitch, a lead of fifty or so would be very handy.“Salutations Tanya!” Lovely to hear from you Tim Maitland. ”I’m pondering the ramifications of Jack Leach bowling 30 overs of spin on the first day of a County Championship in early May, when it used to be that such nurdlers would be grateful if they saw as much as an occasional over at the end of a session until the football season was over, while the seamers filled their boots on verdant pitches under leaden skies. ”Could one of the previously unforeseen tragedies of global warming be spin bowlers suffering stress injuries before “the fields are rich in grass, and buttercups in thousands grow*”? Continue reading...