County Championship: Oliver Hannon-Dalby takes five wickets as Bears edge out on day one at Lord's

LV= Division 1 in the County Championship, Lord's (day one) Middlesex 121: de Caires 40; Hannon-Dalby 5-29Warwickshire 72-4: Rhodes 36*; Murtagh 3-17Warwickshire (3 pts) trails Middlesex (1 pt) by 49 runs with six wickets remainingMatch scorecard

Hannon-Dalby finished with five for 29 under overcast skies to move within a 50-wicket haul in this year's County Championship, while Chris Rushworth and Ed Barnard collected two each as the hosts were bowled out in 39.5 overs.

But the spotlight then turned to Middlesex prop Tim Murtagh, who is playing at Lord's for the last time before his retirement and brought back his team in the race with a quick flurry of wickets.

The 42-year-old bowled out three of the four Warwickshire openers before skipper Will Rhodes' unbeaten 36 took them to 72 for four at stumps, a deficit of 49.

With gloomy conditions and drizzle in the morning, it was no surprise that the Bears opted to bowl after winning the toss, although Mark Stoneman - Middlesex captain with Toby Roland -Jones rested - and Sam Robson looked relatively calm as they added 20.

However, the bowlers found enough movement to beat the bat repeatedly and Middlesex's openers were soon under way, Stoneman edging a Rushworth inswinger behind and Robson lbw to one hitting back from Hannon-Dalby.

Jack Davies, who scored his first first-class half-century last week against Lancashire, survived a couple of close calls against Barnard before Craig Miles soon sent the left-hander's stump flying and, in the next over, the reliable Barnard accounted for Ryan Higgins in similar fashion.

When Barnard had John Simpson caught...