Middlesex v Yorkshire: Scores and match report from County Championship Division One

Match scores (Lord's)

Middlesex win by an innings and 64 runs

Middlesex 1st inns: 446 (132 overs. Robson 159, Stirling 111; Sidebottom 3-69)

Yorkshire 1st inns: 208 (63.2 overs. Ballance 69*; Higgins 3-35, Finn 3-58)

Yorkshire 2nd inns: 174 (62.3 overs. Rashid 35, Patterson 30*; Rayner 4-35, Murtagh 2-13, Roland-Jones 2-46)

Day three report

Toby Roland-Jones again pressed his England Test claims as he spearheaded Middlesex's innings-and-64-run victory over Yorkshire inside three days at a sweltering Lord's.

England start their four-match series against South Africa at Lord's on July 6, and Roland-Jones has a strong case to be included.

He took his season's first-class wicket tally to 22 at 31 runs apiece as Yorkshire were bowled out for 208 and 174 after being asked to follow-on in reply to Middlesex's first innings 446.

On a pitch producing more variable bounce, the accuracy and pace of Roland-Jones and Tim Murtagh made them a testing proposition and, with Ollie Rayner, Steven Finn and James Franklin also chipping in, Middlesex made sure of their first Specsavers County Championship victory of the summer - at the sixth attempt.

It has been a frustrating start to their title defence for the champions, who lost one and drew four of their first five matches, but they will now go to Chelmsford next week to take on early Division One pace-setters Essex with renewed belief that this result will kick-start their four-day campaign.

This was also a fourth successive Championship win for Middlesex against Yorkshire at Lord's, following last September's epic in which they clinched the title with Roland-Jones finishing the match with a hat-trick.

Here the strapping 29-year-old grabbed the key wicket of Yorkshire captain Gary Ballance with the second ball after lunch, a beauty which moved up the Lord's slope to take a thin edge through to keeper John Simpson, after earlier removing opener Alex Lees with another fine ball delivered from the Pavilion End in his opening spell.

Lees fell for 14 as Yorkshire lost their first three wickets in just seven balls, with Murtagh striking twice in four deliveries in his fourth over to send back Adam Lyth and Harry Brook for a third-ball duck.

It was in his fourth over that Roland-Jones then had Lees smartly held by Rayner at second slip from a ball angled across the left-hander.

Lyth edged a good one low to Simpson, who took a neat tumbling catch behind the stumps, while 18-year-old debutant Brook - struck on the gloves by the first ball he faced - wafted weakly at a rising ball to give Simpson another catch.

Murtagh's final figures were 11-7-13-2, and Roland-Jones' two for 46.

Off-spinner Rayner, who enjoyed himself as Yorkshire's tail was polished off, earned himself a return of four for 35 but it was the new-ball pair who did the terminal damage.

Yorkshire were reeling at 16 for three after Murtagh and Roland-Jones' early successes, but Ballance and Peter Handscomb briefly rallied them with a stand of 36 until Roland-Jones returned to cut that short.

Handscomb made 21 before spearing a short ball from Finn straight to cover and Andrew Hodd was the next to go, for 15, when he played inside a ball from Rayner that held its line down the Lord's slope and was bowled.

Adil Rashid's 35 ended with a poor stroke and an edge through to Simpson, when left-arm seamer Franklin angled one across him and, after tea, Ben Coad pulled Rayner straight to midwicket to depart for eight.

Ryan Sidebottom offered a few defiant blows in a final-wicket stand with Steven Patterson, with 30 not out, before inside-edging a reverse slap at Rayner on to his pad and into the hands of silly-point.

Earlier, resuming their first innings on 186 for nine,Yorkshire's last-wicket pair resisted for 20 minutes before Sidebottom, having just whipped Finn off his pads for four, edged the fast bowler to keeper Simpson to go for nine.

At least, by then, Ballance had hit Finn for three successive fours to earn his side a single batting bonus point. On 53 overnight, Ballance finished with 69 not out from 123 balls, with 12 fours.

Day two report

Champions Middlesex are on course to claim their first Specsavers County Championship Division One win of the season after taking seven Yorkshire wickets after tea on the second day at Lord's.

Replying to Middlesex's 446, Yorkshire collapsed from 82 for two to 178 for nine to a mixture of poor shot selection and some probing bowling, particularly by Toby Roland-Jones who removed Alex Lees and Peter Handscomb.

The only prolonged resistance for Yorkshire came from Gary Ballance, who held the innings together with an unbeaten half-century, and a composed 38 by teenager Harry Brook on debut.

The White Rose closed on 186 for nine, still trailing by 260.

A total of 446 might have been short of what Middlesex had targeted when they had been 364 for four but with deliveries starting to keep low on a pitch which has baked in 30-degrees heat for the last two days, Yorkshire's batsmen found it tough.

Lees could consider himself unfortunate to fall leg before to a ball which pitched well outside the line and a brief spell of Yorkshire supremacy followed as Adam Lyth and Brook, an 18-year-old from Keighley, added 64 for the second wicket.

Brook revelled in his surroundings and was soon scoring runs all around the wicket including six fours, two of them off successive balls from Steven Finn.

But shortly after tea off-spinner Ollie Rayner surprised him with extra bounce and Brook was well held at short-leg by Steve Eskinazi. Lyth had gone for 37 just before tea when medium-pacer Ryan Higgins beat his defensive shot to claim his maiden Championship wicket.

Roland-Jones returned with an impressive spell from the Nursery End which gained its reward when Handscomb edged to slip on the drive before Finn bowled Adil Rashid off an inside edge for a duck and later had Ben Coad caught behind.

Andy Hodd bottom-edged a pull at Tim Murtagh onto his stumps before Higgins returned to pick up Steve Patterson and Jack Brooks, to a ball which scuttled onto his stumps.

Ballance enjoyed some luck but passed 50 for the eighth time this season when he drove Rayner back down the ground for his ninth four just before stumps.

Yorkshire had dominated the first session, taking the last six Middlesex wickets for 82 runs before the hosts were dismissed just after lunch.

The key dismissal was that of Sam Robson, who batted for just short of seven hours for his 159 when he drove at Coad and was caught behind, having faced 290 balls and hit 19 fours.

Coad broke through again 13 balls later when a nip-backer removed Higgins' off stump for 13 to give him his 33rd wicket of the season.

His double strike also checked Middlesex's charge towards maximum batting points, which they failed to achieve, and they lost two further wickets just before lunch during an excellent spell by Ryan Sidebottom from the Pavilion End.

The veteran left-armer struck twice in nine deliveries as John Simpson, on 49, played on looking to guide the ball to third man and Rayner was held at mid-on off a spliced pull.

After lunch, Rashid finished things off when Roland-Jones drove to cover to depart for 33 and Finn failed to pick his googly.

Day one report

Discarded England Test opener Sam Robson hit an unbeaten season-best 152 as Middlesex reached 337 for four to dominate the opening day of their Specsavers County Championship match with Yorkshire.

A Lord's crowd approaching almost 4,000 enjoyed the dominance of bat over ball as Paul Stirling posted a maiden championship century and added 187 with third-wicket partner Robson on yet another placid Lord's pitch.

Sydney-born Robson, who won the last of his seven caps against India in August 2014, batted throughout the hottest day of the year to date to reap his 18 boundaries and ensure that the title-chasing visitors will have to play at their absolute best to force any sort of positive result over the remaining three days.

Batting first after their side won the toss, home openers Nick Compton and Robson posted 64 for the first wicket before the former fell for 22- his joint-best knock of the campaign to date - to Steven Patterson.

Jack Brooks might have struck with his first ball of a new spell when Robson, on 31, drove back firm and low only for the bowler to spill the tough chance.

The seamer saw another chance go begging when Alex Lees, diving full-length to his right in the gully, downed a one-handed catch off Stevie Eskinazi, who had yet to get off the mark.

Brooks opted for a more direct route to wicket-taking four balls later to peg back Eskinazi's off pole via the inside edge.

Robson and Stirling went on to dominate the middle session. In searing heat, Yorkshire introduced England wrist-spinner Adil Rashid and off-spinner Adam Lyth but all to no avail.

Soon after the resumption, Robson - in only his fourth start of an injury-ravaged season - late cut Rashid for three to reach his second century this summer from 184 balls.

Then Stirling, who had given Robson a 36-run start, reached his maiden championship century from 119 balls. He hit 15 fours and a six into the Allen Stand, with his four other first-class hundreds having all been for Ireland.

Yorkshire's wait for a breakthrough came to an end when Stirling departed lbw for 111 after aiming an ambitious pull to a Rashid top-spinner.

Middlesex skipper James Franklin helped Robson see off the second new ball and raise their side's third batting bonus point but, with his score on 17, the New Zealander had his off stump pegged back by Ryan Sidebottom.

Middlesex went into the game without Nick Gubbins and Tom Helm, on England A duty, while Yorkshire, also hampered by full England calls, gave a first-class debut to teenage batsman Harry Brook.