Bradford-born Adil Rashid became a cricketing hero to an ecstatic 4,000 crowd at Scarborough yesterday when he bowled Yorkshire to a crushing Championship victory over Warwickshire on his debut appearance.

It was a real Boy's Own story as the slim and slightly built 18-year-old leg-spinner wove his magic to capture six for 67 in 28 marathon overs as Warwickshire were shot out for 239 to bring Yorkshire victory by an innings and 96 runs with a full day to spare.

He began bowling from the pavilion end at 12.45pm when Warwickshire were going along confidently at 85 for one in 25 overs and he was still wheeling away in the intense heat at 5.15 when Tim Bresnan ended the match with two wickets in two balls.

Rashid was cheered off the field and given a standing ovation by the fans as his team-mates stepped aside to applaud him into the dressing room.

Never once did Rashid lose his composure and his analysis was the best by a Yorkshire bowler on his debut since paceman Steve Kirkby captured seven for 50 against Kent at Headingley in 2001.

The win was Yorkshire's second in consecutive matches and it brought them a maximum 22 points for the first time since April of last year.

Warwickshire began their second innings at the start of the third day and they faced the formidable task of having to make 335 to avoid the innings defeat.

Jason Gillespie struck an early blow by uprooting Mark Wagh's leg-stump but Ian Westwood and Jonathan Trott were just starting to look as if they might put together a big score when Rashid was called up to bowl and he rapidly spun the game Yorkshire's way.

His first success came in the final over before lunch when he swooped low to pick up a return drive from Trott to end a 99 partnership for the second wicket.

The rest of the day belonged to Rashid as he entered Yorkshire folklore with the maturity and guile of a bowler twice his age.

Warwickshire were 210 for six at tea and with his seventh ball after the interval Rashid claimed the prize wicket of Nick Knight, caught behind for 58 from 107 deliveries with eight fours.

Tim Groenewald fell lbw to Rashid's googly to give him his sixth and final wicket but he still had a part to play because when Neil Carter hooked at Bresnan he took a magnificent catch on the long leg boundary.

Reflecting on his sparkling show, Rashid said: "I was a bit nervous at the start being the new boy but I soon got used to it and was always full of confidence.

"I never felt that I needed to take rest. Captain Craig White asked me at tea-time if I was tired and I said I still felt fresh because I wanted to go on bowling and take a five-for.

"It was great to pick up six for 67 but they were not my best bowling figures and when I was about 13 I took all ten wickets for Bradford and Bingley Seconds in the Bradford League.

"My father Abdul taught me to bowl leg spin and I consider myself to be not just a bowler but a genuine all-rounder."

Rashid said that earlier in the match he had received plenty of phone calls from friends congratulating him on his Yorkshire debut and he would like to think he could become a role model for young cricketers from Asian backgrounds.

"I have got two ambitions and they are to get capped by Yorkshire, hopefully next year, and to go on and play Test cricket for England," he said.