West Indian Shiv Chanderpaul made only 12 on his home debut as Durham closed 129 behind Warwickshire at 110-3.

The left-hander played back to Heath Streak and edged low to first slip 17 balls before stumps on the opening day.

Earlier, another Test left-hander, Kumar Sangakkara, hit eight fours in 59 before the Bears lost three wickets for no run in seven deliveries.

It needed a thrilling maiden 34-ball fifty from spinner Paul Harris, with five sixes, to take them to 239.

Sangakkara played elegantly before he slashed a wide ball from Liam Plunkett to point, where Kyle Coetzer parried the ball above his head and caught it at the fourth attempt.

Harris defied the home side with some belligerent hitting, scoring 45 of his runs off Mark Davies, who until that point had bowled 12 overs for 22.

The South African tail-ender deposited his five maximums over the short leg-side boundary, sharing a ninth-wicket stand of 71 with Naqaash Tahir, who was dropped twice on three by Dale Benkenstein at third slip.

Both batsmen fell with the total on 239, the innings ending when Plunkett took his third gully catch to go with his four wickets.

Naqaash then ended an opening stand of 48 when Durham's prolific Tasmanian Michael di Venuto edged his first ball to second slip.

Chanderpaul waited for confirmation from the square-leg umpire that his edge had carried, the final action of an even first day.