Bradford-born Jonny Bairstow continued his Scarborough love affair today as his fifth first-class century dug Yorkshire out of an opening day hole against Leicestershire.
The wicketkeeper-batsman, 22, shared an entertaining fourth-wicket stand of 160 with captain Andrew Gale and an unbroken 112 for the sixth wicket with Anthony McGrath after the hosts were reduced to 33-3 early in this LV= County Championship clash.
Gale posted a fluent 80 before Bairstow slowly got into his stride to help the White Rose close on 329-5 from 96 overs.
Bairstow, with 11 fours and four sixes in 213 balls on a slow pitch, will resume tomorrow morning on 141 not out and McGrath on 49.
It was Bairstow's second ton this season after the one against Kent at Headingley during the opening week, and his fourth in the Championship for Yorkshire.
It was also his second in three matches at Scarborough after his unbeaten 109 for the England Lions against Sri Lanka A last August, while his late father David scored two tons for Yorkshire here.
Leicestershire, whose attack is toothless without injured duo Matthew Hoggard and Nathan Buck, paid for dropping four catches, including Bairstow on 19 when Jacques Du Toit failed to grasp a one-handed effort at second slip.
That was the toughest of the chances, with visiting skipper Ramnaresh Sarwan guilty of spilling two easy chances in the slips to let off Joe Sayers and Gale.
This was a welcome Yorkshire performance coming so quickly after Ajmal Shahzad's shock departure from the club last night, about which we are due to find out more tomorrow when Martyn Moxon and Colin Graves speak to the media.
Meanwhile, seam bowling all-rounder Luis Reece, 21, took an incredible 7-21 for Leeds-Bradford University in the middle of a three-day friendly against Sussex today.
Sussex were bowled out for 58 in their first innings as Reece, on Lancashire's scholarship programme, took his first five wickets without conceding a run.
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