New Zealand off-spinner Jeetan Patel made an instant impact on his English county debut for Warwickshire, but it was with bat rather than ball as he notched his maiden first-class century.
Signed by Warwickshire following a recommendation by former opener Andy Moles, who is now the coach of New Zealand, Patel was introduced by his county side in its four-day match against Yorkshire.
Patel started slowly in taking 1-150 off 36 overs, with his only wicket being that of opener Joe Sayers after he had scored 173 in Yorkshire's first innings of 600-8 declared.
Undeterred by an unwanted century beside his name, Patel set about registering another after coming to the wicket with his side in strife at 241-8.
He and partner Jonathan Trott not only avoided the follow-on but had Warwickshire dreaming of the most unlikely scenario of claiming first innings points.
The pair put on 233 in 47 overs, the ninth highest ninth-wicket stand in first-class history and well in excess of the previous Yorkshire record of 160.
When blasting a cut shot to the boundary that also took his side past the follow-on, Patel notched his maiden ton and matched Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara's effort of reaching three figures on Warwickshire debut.
The century was scored off 130 balls and was a chanceless effort. It finally came to a close when he was caught for 120 off 155 balls, including 16 fours and two sixes.
Warwickshire's innings ended eight runs later at 482 with Trott, a former Otago overseas player, stranded on 161.
Another New Zealander in action, Andre Adams, also had a match to remember as Nottinghamshire beat Somerset by six wickets to go to the top of the County Championship Division One, four places ahead of Warwickshire.
Adams took 3-30 and 2-70 along with a hard-hit 24 off 17 balls to contribute to Notts' second outright win of the season through three games.
Playing for Leicestershire in Division Two, Iain O'Brien got one-up on fellow Kiwi Hamish Marshall by dismissing him for a duck but Marshall had the last laugh as Gloucestershire won by 10 wickets.
O'Brien took 2-78 from 32 overs and also chipped in with the bat where he was Leicestershire's second top scorer with 23 in a feeble first innings of 133 before reaching 31 out of 331 in the second innings.
Grant Elliot had a quiet match for Surrey, registering one and 22 and going wicketless in a draw with Middlesex.
Signed by Warwickshire following a recommendation by former opener Andy Moles, who is now the coach of New Zealand, Patel was introduced by his county side in its four-day match against Yorkshire.
Patel started slowly in taking 1-150 off 36 overs, with his only wicket being that of opener Joe Sayers after he had scored 173 in Yorkshire's first innings of 600-8 declared.
Undeterred by an unwanted century beside his name, Patel set about registering another after coming to the wicket with his side in strife at 241-8.
He and partner Jonathan Trott not only avoided the follow-on but had Warwickshire dreaming of the most unlikely scenario of claiming first innings points.
The pair put on 233 in 47 overs, the ninth highest ninth-wicket stand in first-class history and well in excess of the previous Yorkshire record of 160.
When blasting a cut shot to the boundary that also took his side past the follow-on, Patel notched his maiden ton and matched Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara's effort of reaching three figures on Warwickshire debut.
The century was scored off 130 balls and was a chanceless effort. It finally came to a close when he was caught for 120 off 155 balls, including 16 fours and two sixes.
Warwickshire's innings ended eight runs later at 482 with Trott, a former Otago overseas player, stranded on 161.
Another New Zealander in action, Andre Adams, also had a match to remember as Nottinghamshire beat Somerset by six wickets to go to the top of the County Championship Division One, four places ahead of Warwickshire.
Adams took 3-30 and 2-70 along with a hard-hit 24 off 17 balls to contribute to Notts' second outright win of the season through three games.
Playing for Leicestershire in Division Two, Iain O'Brien got one-up on fellow Kiwi Hamish Marshall by dismissing him for a duck but Marshall had the last laugh as Gloucestershire won by 10 wickets.
O'Brien took 2-78 from 32 overs and also chipped in with the bat where he was Leicestershire's second top scorer with 23 in a feeble first innings of 133 before reaching 31 out of 331 in the second innings.
Grant Elliot had a quiet match for Surrey, registering one and 22 and going wicketless in a draw with Middlesex.