ANDREW Gale’s bowlers were facing a tough challenge in the second innings of the game at Scarborough after Yorkshire had been bowled out for 227 in their opening Royal London Cup one-day match against Gloucestershire.

On a wicket offering Michael Klinger’s attack plenty of bounce, three of the top six home batsmen reached the thirties but no-one could score more than Glenn Maxwell, whose 33 included three fours and a straight six.

However, having been caught off a no-ball and then dropped in James Fuller’s 19th over, Maxwell was caught by Geraint Jones, the fielder who had spilled him, off the next delivery.

Fuller then inflicted the indignity of a golden duck on Jack Leaning when he bowled him with a fine ball in the same eventful over to leave Yorkshire on 82-4.

Alex Lees had earlier made 14 and Andrew Gale 16 before both openers had been caught behind by Gareth Roderick off Fuller and Craig Miles respectively.

Gary Ballance and Rhodes attempted to repair the innings with a fifth-wicket stand of 46 but Ballance was caught behind by Roderick off Kieran Noema-Barnett for 31 when attempting to guide the medium-pacer to third man.

Miles took the next three wickets in the space of 11 balls. First Will Rhodes, who had batted promisingly for 32, was superbly caught at slip by a diving Klinger. Then Andrew Hodd and Liam Plunkett fell to successive balls, Hodd being caught at cover for seven and Plunkett feathering his first delivery to Roderick.

Those wickets left Yorkshire on 151-8 but Tim Bresnan and Steve Patterson then added 57 inside 11 overs in an excellent ninth-wicket stand before Patterson was trapped leg before by Tom Smith for 24.

Bresnan went on to make 43 off 55 balls, an innings including three fours and two sixes, before he was caught by Chris Dent off Smith off the final ball of the innings.

The last two wickets had added 76 invaluable runs as Miles finished with 4-29 and Fuller 3-45.