Yorkshire were looking to Darren Lehmann to press home their advantage against Hampshire today.

Lehmann was unbeaten on 37 as Yorkshire held a lead of 43 after Hampshire had been bowled out for 101.

Darren Gough and Craig White both warmed up nicely for next week's First Test against Zimbabwe by taking seven of the wickets on an untrustworthy pitch.

Yorkshire experienced some batting problems of their own but still finished the first day in a healthy position at 144 for four.

A pitch with some pace and uneven bounce never made batting an easy occupation but Hampshire more than contributed to their own downfall.

Gough, who got better the longer he bowled in a fine opening spell, finished with four for 23, and White tore out the middle order with three for 12.

Giles White and Jason Laney got off to a reasonable start after Hampshire had won the toss and 27 had been put on in 11 overs before Gough bowled Laney.

Wickets then fell at regular intervals with only White and Derek Kenway holding out for any length of time.

Although Gough and White dominated events, there was also a tidy piece of bowling by off-spinner James Middlebrook in his first game for two seasons.

He ended White's two hour vigil thanks to a smart piece of stumping by Richard Blakey and later had the luckless Shane Warne lbw.

Some of the day's most attractive batting came from 19-year-old Harrogate left-hander Victor Craven who was handed the job of going in first on his Championship debut in the absence of Michael Vaughan.

Craven soon saw captain David Byas caught at first slip attempting a drive at former Yorkshire bowler Alex Morris and the youngster was given an uncomfortable time by another exile, veteran Peter Hartley, but he came through it well in a 50 stand for the second wicket with Blakey.

Hartley rapped back by having Blakey caught painfully off his fingers at short leg and ending Craven's bright innings with a yorker. White edged Stephenson to the wicketkeeper to make it 90 for four but Lehmann and Matthew Wood carefully put Yorkshire in front.

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