TIM Bresnan's batting tormented Durham for the second successive season as his 63 took Yorkshire to 323, leading by 151.

Following his unbeaten 169 last season in the record stand of 366 with Jonny Bairstow, Bresnan found two lesser known allies in Josh Shaw and Ben Coad.

Shaw had a top score of 17 in nine previous first-class innings but looked untroubled in contributing 24 to a ninth-wicket stand of 43.

He was unlucky to be out when he tried to pull a Scott Borthwick long hop, which kept low and bowled him.

Despite Bresnan farming the strike, Coad, making his first-class debut, also showed he could handle a bat, remaining unbeaten on 17.

He cut Graham Onions for four then edged the next ball to the boundary to bring up the 300.

After taking 106 balls to reach 50 Bresnan lifted Onions just short of the rope at long-on as the new ball failed to trouble the last-wicket pair.

He was out when he lofted Barry McCarthy to deep mid-wicket.