Yorkshire pressed on beyond 500 during another exhilarating morning session of batting against Derbyshire at Chesterfield.

The White Rose county celebrated a maiden double hundred for Alex Lees, who helped his side reach a lunchtime score of 509-3 from 130 overs on day two.

The visitors, who scored 151 during yesterday’s opening session, added 142 from 32 overs today. Lees and Gary Ballance resume this afternoon on 221 and 20 respectively.

Andrew Gale, resuming on nine, flew out of the blocks and was into the forties in no time. He scored the majority of 39 runs in the first four overs of the day.

He and Lees shared 138 in 29.1 overs for the third wicket at a healthy rate of 4.73 an over before Lees, who reached 200 off 321 balls with 30 fours, and Ballance brought up the 500.

Gale was the only wicket to fall in the session when he was bowled for 74 trying to sweep Peter Burgoyne, who deserved his maiden County Championship wicket.

Meanwhile, Yorkshire have five players in England under 19s’ 14-man squad for a tri-series one-day series against Bangladesh and Pakistan next month.

Karl Carver, Will Rhodes, Josh Shaw, Jonny Tattersall and 15-year-old Matthew Fisher are all included.