London, May 17 -- Captain Jonny Bairstow made a sparkling 89 and Adam Lyth passed 50 for the sixth time this season, but Yorkshire squandered a promising position on the first day against Surrey.
For the 16th County Championship game in a row at the Kia Oval the side who won the toss bowled first, but at 203-5 just before tea, with Bairstow at his attacking best, Yorkshire were in the ascendancy on a typically green-tinged pitch offering some seam movement and good carry on Friday.
Matthew Revis had helped Bairstow put on 49, but former Yorkshire team-mate Matt Fisher had
Revis caught behind off the last ball before the interval and after tea Surrey took control.
Bairstow was cruising towards a hundred when he top-edged a sweep and alth...