Ollie Robinson suffers fresh blow as England bowler only manages one over for Sussex

England fast bowler Ollie Robinson suffered a fresh setback when a stomach bug restricted him to just one over for Sussex in their County Championship Division Two match away to Leicestershire.

Robinson bowled the first over of the game - which was a maiden - but was unable to deliver any more in Leicestershire’s innings as the hosts were bowled out for 210.

The Sussex seamer has been dogged by a series of injuries in recent months. He pulled up as unfit to bowl during England’s final Ashes Test, in Hobart, and saw England bowling coach Jon Lewis publicly question his professionalism. Robinson then missed all three of England’s Tests in the West Indies after suffering a back spasm, before also missing the opening month of the Championship season.

In his first innings of the season last week, Robinson took five for 66 for Sussex against Middlesex at Hove, illustrating why he remains so highly regarded as a bowler. But, aged 28, concerns are growing over his long-term fitness and ability to cope with the intensity of international cricket.

When he has been fit and available, Robinson has been a major asset to England’s Test side, combining height, metronomic accuracy and seam movement. Since making his debut against New Zealand at Lord’s last June, he has taken 39 wickets in nine matches at an average of just 21.28.

Haseeb Hameed scores first century since nightmare Ashes

By Scyld Berry at Lord's

Haseeb Hameed scored 112, his first hundred in first-class cricket since his nightmare tour of Australia, after Nottinghamshire had been sent in by Middlesex in Division Two’s top-of-the-table contest.

Hameed, a prodigy as a 19 year-old in his debut Test series in India, came to find the unrelenting bounce and accuracy of Australia’s pace bowlers outside his off stump too much. After a pair of battling 20s in Brisbane, he was restricted to strokelessness and in his last six Test innings managed 28 runs off 152 balls.

Hameed, now 25, was rewarded for his orthodox stance and patience by having his share of fortune early on, especially against the former England seamer Toby Roland-Jones, on a pitch with some initial zip. Hameed’s old skill at leaving the ball helped him battle through to 97 by tea, whereupon he whipped the first ball afterwards - a rare legstump half-volley by Tim Murtagh - to the boundary and his first step to redemption or, at least, an England recall.

Middlesex’s attack offered no great pace as Shaheen Afridi has returned early to Pakistan. Even so, Hameed was hit on the gloves a couple of times through his habit of playing low, while the highlight was his driving through a wide arc off the front foot. He shared a stand of 117 with Steve Mullaney, who was 92 not out at stumps.

Stuart Broad on day two can advance his case to be included in England’s first Test team in addition to James Anderson. The highest Test wicket-taker at Lord’s is Anderson with 110 wickets at 24. Broad comes second with 95 at 27.