YORKSHIRE V LANCASHIRE - DAY 2

Not the day that any self respecting Yorkshire fan would want to write about. That Lancashire, batting at Headingley, put on the highest ever total in a Roses match. The visitors' 517 gave them a lead of 373, and left Yorkshire with a long, tough, haul before they can even think about saving the game.

Lancashire's innings was anchored around another record as Stuart Law's 206 became the highest individual Lancashire score against Yorkshire. He and Roses rookie Paul Horton amassed 354 of the total - almost the entire lead. However once both were dislodged, with the score on 470, Yorkshire made quick work of the rest of the Lancashire batsman with the later wickets shared between Rashid and Khan.

That in itself says something about the way the Headingley pitch is playing, and with Murali in the Lancashire attack, Yorkshire face an uphill struggle.