England pace bowler Josh Tongue made a significant impact on the first day of Nottinghamshire's County Championship match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston, claiming 5-91 from 22 overs. His impressive performance helped restrict Warwickshire to 140-5 before their lower order staged a late recovery to reach 375-8 by the end of the day. Ed Barnard's unbeaten 134 and Chris Woakes' 64 were key contributions to Warwickshire's total, with the two sharing a century stand for the seventh wicket before Tongue dismissed Woakes for his fourth wicket.
Meanwhile, John Simpson's unbeaten century propelled Sussex to a strong start in their match against Yorkshire at Headingley, with the visitors closing day one on 373-6. Simpson and Tom Price combined for a 165-run sixth-wicket partnership, while Jack White was the standout bowler for Yorkshire with 3-42. England's Joe Root, making his first appearance of the summer, took a catch and bowled five overs of off-spin for 18 runs. In another match, Paul Walter's patient 101 helped Essex reach 325-6 against Surrey at the Kia Oval, despite the hosts' five-pronged pace attack.
Walter and Dean Elgar, the former South African Test opener, shared a first-wicket stand of 183, but Surrey fought back with six wickets in the second half of the day. Kiran Carlson and Sean Dickson's knocks in the nervous nineties guided Glamorgan to a positive start against Leicestershire, finishing 334-7 thanks to a 126-run partnership. Ian Holland and Josh Hull picked up two wickets each, while Ajaz Patel bowled 30 overs in the absence of Rehan Ahmed. Zak Crawley's struggles continued as he was dismissed for 27 in Kent's Division Two clash with Worcestershire, his highest score of the season.
Kent were eventually bowled out for 196, with Worcestershire 94-1 in reply by stumps on day one. Marcus Harris' second century of the season for Lancashire defied Durham's pursuit of wickets, reaching 135 not out as the visitors closed on 356-7.
England off-spinner Shoaib Bashir took wickets for Derbyshire before Miles Hammond engineered a Gloucestershire fightback with an unbeaten 140, his first Championship century since July 2024.