Cork counters Lyth and Rashid

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Adil Rashid led Yorkshire's recovery from the depths of 141 for five. He hit a superb 76 to carry them to 322 for nine declared

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Yorkshire’s Adam Lyth and Adil Rashid vied with Hampshire captain Dominic Cork for the first-day honours in their LV= County Championship match against Hampshire at Scarborough.

Opener Lyth, the first batsman to 1,000 runs this season, received his county cap before the start of the match and went on to hit a stylish 63.

All-rounder Rashid later stemmed a batting collapse with an elegant 76 which helped Yorkshire to 322 for nine declared after they had been put in to bat, the first day of the match having been lost to bad weather.

But the two youngsters were not allowed to steal all the glory. Cork, Hampshire’s 39-year-old captain, bowled with all his usual gusto to finish with season-best figures of 5-58.

With every point vital for Yorkshire in their quest for the title, they were given a promising start by Lyth and Jacques Rudolph, who put on 61 in 18 overs.

Rudolph then got too ambitious in what had been an expensive over from David Balcombe.

The South African had already hit him for three fours and a two but flayed at a wide one outside off stump to be caught behind by Michael Bates, the first of four victims for the 19-year-old wicketkeeper.

Anthony McGrath kept Lyth company until lunch and Lyth moved to his half-century shortly after the interval, before gloving a Cork bouncer behind. In the same over Cork found the edge of McGrath’s bat and Bates again held on to the catch.

Left-armer James Tomlinson, who bowled well in his first spell without reward, had Andrew Gale taken low at second slip by Neil McKenzie.

Yorkshire slumped to 141 for five when Jonathan Bairstow fell lbw to Cork, four wickets having fallen for 15 runs in six overs.

Help was on hand for Yorkshire in the form of Gerard Brophy and Rashid, who repaired the damage with a seventh-wicket stand of 111 in which Rashid struck Sean Ervine for three consecutive fours.

Rashid’s wristy strokeplay took him to his sixth championship half-century of the season and Brophy offered good support until he had reached 44, when he was superbly caught by Jimmy Adams at backward point while slashing at Cork.

Any chance of Rashid managing a well-deserved century ended when Ervine got a delivery to shoot through low and trap him lbw. He had faced 131 balls and hit 12 fours.

Tim Bresnan, who joins up with England at Lord’s tomorrow, became Cork’s fifth victim before Steve Patterson fell to Balcombe.

Eager to make up for lost time, Yorkshire declared to leave Hampshire with three overs in which to bat this evening.

They closed on eight without loss. Two of the overs were bowled by England-bound Bresnan, who will now be replaced by Richard Pyrah.