A SUNNY morning at Chester-le-Street helped Warwickshire to strengthen their grip on the Specsavers County Championship match against Durham.
Nightwatchman Chris Wright was the only batsman to fall as Ian Westwood (62) and Jonathan Trott (34) took the visitors to 122 for two at lunch, 85 behind.
Wright cut a poor first ball from Graham Onions for four, which set the tone for Durham as they failed to apply any sustained pressure.
Onions had Wright lbw for 15 and clearly thought Westwood should have gone the same way for 34 during a slightly fortunate period for the left-hander.
On 35 he edged Barry McCarthy just out of gully's reach and on 39 he survived a sharp, head-high chance to Michael Richardson at third slip off Paul Coughlin.
Westwood clipped Onions in front of mid-wicket for his eighth four to reach 50 off 82 balls, while Trott twice found the same boundary with pulls from outside off stump off McCarthy.
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