Yorkshire head into tomorrow's final day at Scarborough needing seven Leicestershire wickets to clinch their first County Championship win of 2012.

On the day when Colin Graves announced he would be stepping into the role of executive chairman at the club – an amalgamation of his current role as chairman and the vacant post of chief executive – the Tykes were largely held up by the weather.

Rain forced a four-and-a-quarter hour break between 11.15am and 3.30pm, which enabled the visitors to delay likely defeat.

Having resumed day three on 3-1 as they followed on in their second innings, Leicester slipped to 8-2 when Jacques Du Toit was caught at cover as he got a leading edge to Steve Patterson.

Ramnaresh Sarwan fell lbw to Patterson when play resumed this afternoon as the visitors were reduced to 14-3, but opener Matt Boyce and Josh Cobb fashioned a recovery.

They shared an unbroken 88 for the fourth wicket inside 31 overs to reduce the deficit to 229 runs.

Yorkshire are still expected to wrap up the win but will need a far more settled day weather wise today.

Rain, bad light and even sleet halted play. And when play was possible, it was biting cold and more suitable for winter sports rather than cricket.

In truth, Yorkshire rarely look like taking a wicket following Patterson’s third.

The ball stopped swinging for the quicks, while Anthony McGrath’s medium pace and Adil Rashid’s leg-spin looked most threatening.

Boyce and Cobb, who will resume on 46 and 45 respectively, were brought out of their comfort zone by one of Rashid’s most probing spells of the season so far even though he went for 18 runs in four overs.

Graves, who sold his shares in supermarket chain Costcutter last November, will take on a more hands-on role at Yorkshire on Monday.

He joined the Yorkshire board in 2002, and will be paid a salary for the first time in 12 years, although “it won’t break the bank”.

“There are a lot of things I want to do,” he said. “I want to drive the business behind Yorkshire. We’ve a lot to do. I want to improve everything we’ve got at the ground but we’ve got the basic infrastructure in place.”

Meanwhile, Yorkshire begin their Clydesdale Bank 40 campaign against Kent at Headingley on Sunday afternoon, starting at 1.45pm.

There are three seven-team groups in the competition. The white rose side will have to finish top of their group to guarantee a place in September’s semi-finals.