Robson, who had reached his half-century before lunch, cut and drove beautifully and was particularly severe on anything on his legs, while Gubbins wristily punished Warwickshire in front and behind point.

Robson, who had reached his halfcentury before lunch, cut and drove beautifully and was particularly severe on anything on his legs, while Gubbins wristily punished Warwickshire in front and behind point.

Westwood set the tone by twice punching Palladino through the off-side for four and glancing Masters to the fine-leg fence, while Chopra flicked Chambers wristily to the square-leg boundary.