JACK Brooks led Yorkshire’s charge towards retaining the LV=County Championship title by grabbing 5-35 as Somerset were skittled for 110 on the first day of their Division 1 match at Headingley.

The former Oxfordshire seamer returned his best figures of the campaign on his way to passing the 50-wicket mark.

Brooks has missed Yorkshire’s last two championship matches and last week’s Royal London Cup quarter-final one-day win over Essex.

He suffered a back injury ahead of the first of those matches against Durham at Scarborough before being left out against Sussex at Hove and then again at Chelmsford.

However, the Tiddington man was back to his best, taking his third five-wicket haul of the season while taking his wickets tally to 53.

Brooks has now taken 90 wickets in 20 matches on his home ground.