Haseeb Hameed top-scored with 71 as Nottinghamshire edged close to a batting bonus point on a to-and-fro first day of the season finale against Yorkshire at Trent Bridge.

Hameed, who batted patiently for over four hours for his runs, also added 108 for the fourth-wicket with Jack Haynes, who made 48, as the hosts, who were put in, totalled 242-9 from their 96 overs.

The Green and Gold captain, alongside his opening partner Ben Slater, initially had to be watchful through difficult early exchanges after losing the toss, as the hosts reached 48 from 23 overs.

Slater did fall to Ben Coad as he edged the seamer to Adam Lyth at second slip, but it was testament to Hameed’s resistance that the hosts reached the lunch break without any further damage on 63-1.

Ben Martindale started confidently, taking three boundaries in a single over off Matthew Revis to close the session, but the progress was checked by a double setback shortly afterwards.

Ben Cliff struck twice in consecutive balls, finding bounce and late movement to dismiss Martindale and Joe Clarke, again via second slip, where Lyth was kept busy.

In those circumstances, the Hameed-Haynes partnership was all the more impressive, denying the visiting attack any more success for more than two hours.

Even in warm, drying sunshine, and with the ball ageing, batting remained a challenge, and it was down to a strong display from the duo that the hosts advanced to 172-3 shortly after the halfway mark.

Ultimately, though, there was a ball that proved too good for the captain, as, having posted fifty in 145 balls, he edged Matthew Revis behind to wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow.

Haynes and Mitch Hay saw the hosts through to tea, which arrived a little over ten minutes later, although the former was dismissed while two shy of his fifty shortly afterwards.

Returnee Lyndon James contributed a battling 33, adding 51 alongside Hay to help the hosts push past 200, although both, as well as Liam Patterson-White, fell in a six-over period.

With Brett Hutton also departing late, it was left to Olly Stone and Mohammad Ali to see the day out, a task they accomplished to leave the hosts still with hope of banking the batting point early tomorrow.