Lancashire make good progress in Roses clash.

Brooks (pictured) claimed 5-90 and Plunkett finished with 4-74 as Yorkshire fought hard for their wickets.

Lancashire achieved their highest first innings total of the season by reaching 325 as they assumed a promising position on the second day of their Roses clash at Headingley.

Contributions from Paul Horton (66) and Tom Smith (54) were supported well by the Lancashire tail, but the visitors were unable to finish the day in total command due to the efforts of Jack Brooks, who claimed 5-90 to halt their progress.

In reply, Yorkshire closed on 29-0 after rain brought play to a premature end, with Alex Lees (8*) and Adam Lyth (15*) surviving the remainder of the evening session.

Kyle Hogg added an unbeaten 47 after captain, Glen Chapple (33), shared a 62-run stand for the seventh-wicket partnership with Smith, as Lancashire finished with three batting bonus points, with Liam Plunkett (4-74) also making his mark on the match for Yorkshire.

After rain had curtailed the first day of this Roses encounter, Lancashire continued their promising start and they negotiated the majority of the first hour unscathed. Ashwell Prince (29) provided useful support to Horton, who passed his third half-century of the season in 112 balls.

Their stand came to an end at 123-3 when the Lancashire opener left a straight delivery from Brooks which came back a long way to clip his off-stump and the visitors lost another two wickets for the addition of just 19 runs as Plunkett struck twice in quick succession.

Prince had been suffering from a back injury, but his determination was ended when he was trapped LBW and Steven Croft was unable to replicate his Twenty20 success, edging behind to Jonny Bairstow for just five.

Lancashire suffered a further set back when Alex Davies (17) gave Brooks his second wicket of the day, but after a damaging spell the visitors recovered with a partnership worth 62 runs between Smith and Chapple, as conditions eased in the afternoon session.

During this partnership Lancashire achieved their first and second batting bonus point and were now in a much more comfortable position after they had lost four wickets for 60 runs.

Chapple and Smith fell in quick succession and the innings was in danger of being finished by the imperious Yorkshire seamers, but Hogg made a significant contribution towards the end of the day to ensure that Lancashire would post their highest first innings total of the season so far.

Kabir Ali and Simon Kerrigan provided useful anchor roles, but Hogg was denied his half-century after Brooks and Plunkett continued to rip through the Lancashire batsmen. Heavy rain is scheduled for the final two days and after Lancashire's resistance with the bat, a result seems highly doubtful.