10:09am Thursday 18th June 2009
By Michael Reeves
Stumps
Yorkshire (1st inns, overnight 55-1, 13.1 overs)
Sayers c Batty b Noffke 44
Vaughan c Batty b Whelan 43
McGrath c Davies b Whelan 6
Gale c Mason b Batty 101
Bairstow c Mitchell b Whelan 0
Bresnan c Mitchell b Kabir 97
Shahzad lbw b Whelan 19
Rafiq not out 62
Hoggard not out 15
Total (for 8) 413, 110 overs
FoW: 1-15, 2-97, 3-107, 4-107, 5-108, 6-278, 7-328, 8-334
Azeem Rafiq raced to his half-century before stumps with it coming off 36 balls hitting seven fours and three sixes.
Yorkshire secured maximum batting points before close, but like Worcestershire they batted on.
Worcestershire (1st inns, 415, Davies 112 Mitchell 68, Moore 60, Moeen 55)
Worcestershire have won the toss and have elected to bat.
Worcestershire: Mitchell, Moore, Solanki (capt), Smith, Moeen, Davies (wkt), Noffke, Batty, Kabir, Whelan, Mason.
Yorkshire: Rudolph, Sayers, Vaughan, McGrath (capt), Gale, Bairstow (wkt), Bresnan, Shahzad, Rafiq. Hoggard, Kruis.
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