A lot of talk early yesterday about Somerset's decision to move James Rew into the opening pair against Glamorgan, with some speculation that the ECB had had a say, with a view to having Rew open for England this summer.

It certainly didn't look like a smart play when the 22-year-old was sent back to the changing room early on having amassed just four runs.

Head coach Jason Kerr said: "It was my decision [to move Rew to open]. I've had a lot of conversations with James and with Lewis Gregory and first and foremost.

"James wants to do what's right for the team but right now we recognise there may be an opportunity there for him and we think the experience is valuable, and hopefully he gets that opportunity in a few weeks' time.

"We want to help push his case for international honours and also to take Archie [Vaughan] out the firing line from a batting point of view as he's got an important role to play with the ball.

"We're in communication with the ECB but there has been no one saying 'can this happen?' so I'm just aware of the situation and want to look after those opportunities and the best interests of the team and the individual."

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Yorkshire's seamers made the most of favourable conditions to bowl their side into the ascendancy over Warwickshire on the opening day at Edgbaston.

Bears bowler Olly Hannon-Dalby praised the visitors' bowling and said it was disappointing to be out for such a low total.

"Yorkshire bowled very well, especially White and Cliff. They put us under a lot of pressure. It is a lively pitch but, on these surfaces, getting up to 200 is the sort of score you want and we could have done that if we were at our best," he said.

"It is disappointing to be bowled out for such a low score, but there is plenty going on with the ball."

Yorkshire bowler Ben Cliff said it had been "a really good day for us" and the amount of movement they got while bowling had surprised them.

“We maybe didn’t expect it to swing as much as it did, but the lads spoke about it being the best ball that we’ve had all season. It just seemed to shine well and kept swinging," he said.

“It’s been a really good day for us, and I'd like to think that tomorrow - sunshine in the morning - it'll be a good day to bat."

Glamorgan debutant Tom Norton, 18, is embracing life at County Championship level, having taken three wickets to help his county reel in Somerset in Cardiff on Friday.

Norton was arguably the pick of the attack at Sophia Gardens, taking 3-75 in 19 overs.

Norton said: "It was a special day getting my first-class cap with all my family here.

"It's just how I wanted it to be. To get out there do my job and do it the best I can, it was great, I love being chucked in the deep end and doing best I can by the team and taking three wickets and bowling 19 overs it's hard work on the body but worth the reward."

Day one in Cardiff was a tale of two partnerships for Somerset, put into bat in the first County Championship meeting between these two sides since 2007.

Josh Thomas and Tom Lammonby put on 133 runs for the second wicket after the visitors lost James Rew for just four early yesterday morning.

Following a flurry of post-lunch wickets, Craig Overton and Tom Abell put on 71 for the seventh wicket, the latter going on to top score for Somerset with 86.

The hosts took a while to break through in the field, but ended strongly, grabbing three late wickets (including the final ball of the day) for the loss of just nine runs.

The visitors will look to edge past 350 to gain an extra bonus point with Jack Leach and Jake Ball in the middle, while the hosts will look to stop that happening and begin the run chase as quickly as possible this morning.

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Jack Carson insists Sussex remain in a decent position despite a day when they dropped half a dozen chances in the field.

The Sussex all-rounder was the pick of the bowling effort with 4-40 as Leics climbed to 328 in their first innings.

“It was a strange day. We dropped a catch, which was disappointing. We might have created a wave of wickets,” said Carson.

“But we kept coming. Any day you drop six catches you think you will probably be behind the game.

“But to bowl them out for 320 odd we’re certainly in the game, so we can’t be too upset. All the lads put in the lots of slip work in training but sometimes they don’t stick.

“We’ve got to bat big.”

Foxes skipper Ian Holland was the pick of the batting effort with 63 but Tom Scriven weighed in with a half century down the order.

“I thought the skipper showed a lot of what we’re about,” said Scriven. “For a captain to lead like that, staying out there for the time he did, was awesome.”

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Jake Lehmann feels Hampshire let themselves down with the bat as they were taken out in the first innings before reaching the first batting bonus point.

Hants were bowled out for 235 with Essex 51-2 in reply at the close on day one.

And Lehmann felt the visitors left runs out there despite admitting Essex bowled well in favourable conditions.

“Before lunch I would have taken 235, but after lunch I would have hoped for a few more,” he said.

“I felt we let ourselves down a little bit, but saying that if we get a roll of the ball in the morning we can be in a good position.”

Sam Cook took 3-56 with the ball and has a job to do as nightwatchman this morning.

“I’m looking forward [as nightwatchman] to trying to make some runs in the morning, contribute with the bat and stick around for as long as I can. I’ve done it a few times already this season.”

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Surrey seamer Dan Worrall is relieved just to be playing again after marking his comeback from injury with a five-wicket haul on the opening day against champions Nottinghamshire.

The 34-year-old, who missed the start of the season with a leg injury, captured the first five wickets at Trent Bridge before Sean Abbott weighed in with two as Nottinghamshire posted 317-7.

“I’m first of all just grateful to be out there, to be honest,” said Worrall. “It can be hard being injured, watching the boys going through a tough start to the season and not being able to make an impact.

“I think we showed that bowling in partnerships is the key. Throughout the match it’s going to take partnerships, long commitment and doing the simple things better than the opposition for longer.

“Two championship contenders, with a close score at the end of the day – it’s shaping up as a very good match. It kind of ebbed and flowed throughout the day and I think 317-7 is a place from where we can definitely win the game.”

Nottinghamshire’s hopes of extending their total this morning chiefly rest on the in-form Joe Clarke, who registered his second century of the season and resumes on 129, having added 61 so far for the eighth wicket with Fergus O’Neill.

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The batters were on top in the first few rounds of the County Championship this season but it feels like in the past couple of rounds the bowlers are beginning to enjoy themselves a little more.

That was certainly the case yesterday with just the one century scored while 14 wickets fell at Edgbaston and there were 12 in the games between Essex and Hampshire, and Lancashire and Middlesex.

Day one also saw the return to action of England stars Ben Stokes and Harry Brook who both made positive contributions for their sides.

Things are set up nicely across the board so let's take a look at where things stand on the morning of day two.