Left-arm spinner David Wainwright, left, picked up two crucial wickets with his injured hand and stand-in wicket-keeper Jonathan Bairstow collected four catches - but Somerset prevailed by four wickets against Yorkshire in their LV Championship match at Headingley Carnegie.

Left-arm spinner David Wainwright, left, picked up two crucial wickets with his injured hand and stand-in wicket-keeper Jonathan Bairstow collected four catches - but Somerset prevailed by four wickets against Yorkshire in their LV Championship match at Headingley Carnegie.

The lunch interval arrived with Somerset 189-4, still needing 107 runs for victory - but the good news for Yorkshire was that they had got rid of both Marcus Trescothick and Justin Langer.

Trescothick was 58 and Langer 10 when Somerset started Day 4 on 88-1, and the early success Yorkshire had hoped for did not come:  the second wicket-pair moved their partnership on to 95 before Trescothick departed in rather unfortunate circumstances for 78 from 132 balls, with seven fours. He attempted to sweep Wainwright, but the ball bobbed up of his pad, touched his bat...and Bairstow took the catch.

Bairstow was deputising behind the stumps for Gerard Brophy, who has hurt his hand again, and Wainwright was bowling with the second and third fingers of his left-hand strapped after splitting the webbing yesterday.

It became 139-3 in Wainwright’s next over when James Hildreth flicked a low catch to Jacques Rudolph running in from mid-on. Joe Sayers had to leave the field for treatment when Zander de Bruyn edged Rana Naved-ul-Hasan: the ball bounced just in front of the fielder at first slip, and struck him on the left hand.

Naved was working up a good speed from the Kirkstall Lane end - and he was rewarded with the wicket of Langer for 46, the Somerset captain touching a fine away swinger to Bairstow, left, to end a defiant innings of 135 balls.

Another wicket probably would have gone down if Naved, following through, had not missed the stumps from inches away when Craig Kieswetter had been sent back and looked to be still short of the crease.

de Bruyn was 26 at lunch and Kieswetter five, Yorkshire urgently needing more wickets.

One or two balls were keeping low,  but at 221 Tim Bresnan got one to lift, and Kieswetter edged it to Bairstow. His 25 included two fours and a big six off Wainwright.

de Bruyn and Trego each hoisted Wainwright for leg-side sixes, and Yorkshire's chances were ebbing away. de Bruyn survived a good lbw shout from Bresnan - and next ball crunched him through the off-side for the four that brought his 50.

Somerset passed 250 without further mishap - and Trego drove Ajmal Shahzad to long-off in front of the South Stand for the first all-run four of the game.

Matthew Hoggard returned from the Kirkstall Lane end for a last big effort - and de Bruyn sliced him through third-man for four. Only 30 wanted.

Trego launched himself into a full-blooded straight-drive off Shahzad that went for four - and next ball Bairstow took his fourth catch of the innings to end a robust knock of 23, with three fours and a six. 274-6. Thomas steered Hoggard through third-man for four, and de bruyn struck him to the extra-cover boundary. An off-side single to de Bruyn made the scores level, and took him to the other end - where he snatched the winning single to leg off Shahzad.

de Bruyn walked in undefeated on 70 off 101 balls, with five fours and a six, and Alphonso Thomas was 12 not out, with one four. Shahzad took 2-45 in 15.3 overs, and Wainwright 2-66 in 18 gallant overs with his fingers strapped.

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Discretion is the better part...Andrew Gale ducks and wicket-keeper Jonathan Bairstow looks on as Marcus Trescothick lets fly.

Today's Action Pictures From Headingley Carnegie: SIMON WILKINSON

PROSPECTS OF PLAY

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DAY THREE REPORT

Yorkshire debutant Jonathan Bairstow, right, hit a superb 82 not out to help his side to reach 248 at Headingley Carnegie today and leave Somerset chasing a victory target of 296 in their LV Championship match.

By the close of Day 3 Somerset had reached 88-1, with Marcus Trescothick still there on 55.

Andrew Gale played some glorious drives during a cameo innings of 30 this morning - but he departed as the result of inspired captaincy from Justin Langer...who brought on leg-spinner Michael Munday, and immediately took him off after he had grabbed the left-hander’s wicket in his only over. Yorkshire began the day on 26-1, and although nightwatchman Matthew Hoggard soon pulled Thomas for four he edged his next ball to wicket-keeper Craig Kieswetter.

Skipper Anthony McGrath did not last long before Thomas uprooted his off-stump, but for the second time in the match Joe Sayers played the anchor role. Gale was much more adventurous: he produced some powerful drives which hurried the score to 77-3, but Munday was then brought back at the Rugby Ground end.

Gale cover-drove and cut Munday for boundaries - but he then tried to wallop a full toss high over mid-wicket, and was out to a stunning catch by Peter Trego, diving to his right and taking the ball two-handed.

Yorkshire were losing wickets too frequently. Sayers was fifth out at 92, when he hit Trego hard to short mid-wicket, and Langer sprang on the ball to hold another good catch. Sayers had used up 95 balls in making 18, with just one boundary. Gerard Brophy was next in – and next out, lbw to David Stiff for 14. Jonathan Bairstow at 3 survived a chance to Trescothick at slip off Thomas, but he was 10 not out at the interval, with Tim Bresnan on two.

Bairstow cover-drove Munday gloriously for four on the resumption, but at the other end a ragged over from Stiff which included two wides actually brought a wicket. 

Bresnan chased one he could have left alone, and sent a hard snick to second slip where Marcus Trescothick caught it brilliantly at the second attempt. 133-7.

Rana Naved-ul-Hasan joined Bairstow, who despatched Munday for a towering straight six with a full flow of the bat.

Naved struck Stiff to the cover boundary, and flicked Munday square for a quick two that brought up the 150. 

Bairstow pulled Stiff handsomely for four, and the partnership with Naved had added 48 when Naved drove loosely at Willoughby to be caught by Langer at second slip. His 22 included two fours. 

Bairstow completed his maiden Championship 50 with a fine hook for four to the East Stand off Willoughby. It took him 109 balls, and included four fours and a six.

Ajmal Shahzad opened his account with a pulled four off Trego - but then gave Trego a catch at cover off Willoughby. 193-9. David Wainwright - surely too talented for the No.11 spot - was going to be no junior partner, and went into his teens with three fours. At 220 he was missed at slip by Langer off Thomas, and at 236 Munday was brought back to tempt the false shot: Wainwright's response was to waft his first ball through mid-wicket for four. Bairstow turned Stiff towards the East Stand to raise the 50 partnership.

Wainwright was the one to go: at 248 he swung again at Munday - but this time miscued, and Trescothick ran round to catch him at mid-on. Wainwright's 23 included four fours, and the last-wicket stand was worth 55. Bairstow was left undefeated on 82, with seven fours and a six, and Somerset were set a victory target of 296.

Hoggard and Naved opened the attack after tea - and it was in the ninth over that a chance came: Trescothick dabbed at a wide one from Hoggard, and Gale put him down at second slip. The total was then 22, Trescothick 12. At 36 Shahzad took over the Rugby Ground end from Naved - and with his fourth ball removed Arul Suppiah's middle stump for 15, including two fours.

Bresnan took the Kirkstall Lane end from Hoggard, but Trescothick tucked him off his legs for four to bring up the 50 and his own 25. Trescothick cut Bresnan to point, and the fielder, Wainwright, came off for attention to split webbing on his left hand. Bresnan twice beat Langer in the same over without success.

Langer was finding it difficult to find the gaps, and he scored only seven in an hour. Trescothick pierced the field with his flowing drives, and when Jacques Rudolph was introduced at the Kirkstall Lane end he drove him to cover for the single that brought up his 50 in 84 balls, with five fours. Somerset were 88-1 at the close, Trescothick 58 and Langer 10 - still needing 208 runs to win with nine wickets standing.

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DAY TWO REPORT

Four wickets for Matthew Hoggard, right, in his opening burst and another one later saw him finish with the outstanding analysis of 5-56, his best return in over a year, as Yorkshire bowled out Somerset for 230 on Day 2 of the LV Championship match at Headingley Carnegie.

That gave Yorkshire a first-innings lead of 47, but they then lost Jacques Rudolph for 23 to close on 26-1, 73 runs in front.

Somerset were 30-4, all the wickets to Hoggard in his devasting first spell, but they recovered to go to lunch on 79-4. His 4-25 more than made up for Yorkshire’s disappointment at being bowled out for 277 in their first innings.

Yorkshire began the day on 269-8, and only five had been added when David Wainwright edged Alfonso Thomas to second slip, where Marcus Trescothick took a fast catch at face height. The innings came to a close as Charl Willoughby had Hoggard caught behind by Craig Kieswetter, leaving Ajmal Shahzad unbeaten on eight.

Hoggard could not have made a more sensational start to his return to the side, taking wickets with the fourth and sixth balls of his first over from the Kirkstall Lane end - and what wickets they were!

First to go was Trescothick, who drove a little carelessly and nicked a catch to wicket-keeper Gerard Brophy, and two balls later an even better delivery resulted in captain Justin Langer playing into Brophy’s gloves.

James Hildreth threw caution to the wind with five boundaries making up his 20 runs before he was beaten off the pitch by Hoggard and Anthony McGrath held on to a good catch at third slip. That was the last ball of Hoggard’s over, and with the first of his next he pinned Zander de Bruyn lbw.

Somerset were in huge trouble at 30-4. It would have been five for Hoggard if opener Arul Suppiah’s edge had not dropped just in front of Andrew Gale at second slip, and there generous applause for the former England man when he was rested with the splendid figures of 7-2-25-4.

Tim Bresnan and Shahzad took over the attack from Hoggard and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, but Suppiah and Kieswetter saw it out to lunch, when Suppiah had moved slowly on to 20, and the more enterprising Kieswetter was 37, the fifth-wicket stand having added 49.

Hoggard and Wainwright picked it up after lunch - and Wainwright made the breakthrough when he trapped Suppiah lbw for 20, including one four. 84-5. Trego helped Kieswetter to take it to 97, but then fell to a cracking catch by Gale off Hoggard: Trego slashed hard - and Gale clung on to the fast-travelling ball with his right hand.

Thomas joined Kieswetter, and their stand put on 52 before Ajmal Shahzad, bowling from the Rugby Ground End, induced Kieswetter to give Brophy his third catch of the innings. Kieswetter had not only been the sheet anchor - he had dominated the scoring - and his 83, with 11 boundaries, had dominated Somerset's recovery.

Incoming David Stiff showed a full flow of the bat - and the knack of digging out the testing yorker - as he and Thomas added 28, and Somerset took tea at 177-7. Thomas had 27, with one four, and Stiff 15, with two boundaries. A tuck round the corner off Wainwright brought up the 200 and the 50 partnership, and Stiff hammered the returning Hoggard off the back foot through the covers for four.

Thomas's 50 came up, with only two fours, but a sensible stand of 66 ended when Wainwright beat Stiff with the turn, and McGrath caught him at slip. 215-8. Four runs later Wainwright made it his third with a beautifully flighted delivery that found Munday's edge and, again, was pouched by McGrath.

Thomas hit Wainwright clean as a whistle for a towering six that landed beyond the Rugby Ground End sightscreen. Willoughby backed away to square-leg three times to take the measure of Ajmal Shahzad - and the fourth attempt saw his leg-stump go back. Somerset 230 all out, and Yorkshire lead by 47. 

No.8 Thomas deserves all credit for a fine 64 off 139 balls, with three fours and 1 six, which did so much to take Somerset back towards parity. Hoggard's 5-56 in 16 overs showed him at his best with pace, seam and swing, and Wainwright's 3-49 gave some indication of what he might do on a wearing wicket in the fourth innings.

Rudolph got away first ball with a precarious slash for four through the slips off Willoughby, took a single, and was much more convincing with a thudding four through the covers off the back foot from Stiff. He looked to be settling well - but at 26 he drove Willoughby into the covers without getting over it, and Trego held it well. Rudolph's 22 off 28 balls included three fours.

Enter Hoggard, the celebrated nightwatchman. He and Sayers saw it out, Sayers coming in with four runs made in 51 minutes, the nightwatchman yet to score.

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DAY ONE REPORT

Opener Joe Sayers hit a solid 60 - but Yorkshire lost three wickets late in the evening session to close on a disappointing 269-8 on Day 1 of their LV Championship match against Somerset at Headingley Carnegie.

Yorkshire, who won the toss, showed three changes from the side which played out a thrilling draw with Sussex a couple of days ago.

They gave a Championship debut to Jonathan Bairstow, 19, son of the late David, second picture, who came in for the injured Michael Vaughan, while Matthew Hoggard and Ajmal Shahzad replaced Deon Kruis and Azeem Rafiq.

Jacques Rudolph and Sayers gave Yorkshire a steady start against the new-ball attack of Charl Willoughby and Dewsbury-born David Stiff - who started out with his native county before spells with Surrey and Leicestershire.

Rudolph late cut the first ball from Stiff for three, and then square cut Willoughby for four, but when Alfonso Thomas came on he uprooted Rudolph’s leg stump for 14 with 35 scored in 15 overs.

Somerset tried an over of spin from Arul Suppiah before reverting to pace, and Sayers suddenly came out of his shell by pulling Stiff for six to the long boundary in front of the West Stand. Was it Joe's first Championship six?

McGrath looked in good form. He was just beginning to dominate when he attempted to hook Stiff, and top-edged the ball high into the air for wicket-keeper Craig Kieswetter to take a well-judged catch.

This left Yorkshire on 72-2, the honours fairly evenly shared. Andrew Gale helped Sayers to take it through to lunch, when Sayers had faced 80 balls, hitting five fours and a six.

Sayers had reached 60 off 121 balls with six fours and a six when he was beaten by one from Charl Willoughby that found the edge, and was caught by Justin Langer at slip.

111-3, and Bairstow's moment had come. He opened his account with a single between the bowler and mid-off, and his first four was a handsome pull off de Bruyn.

Gale and Bairstow took it past 150 - the junior man outscoring his partner. Then both went: Gale was lbw to a full-length ball from Trego for 35 off 111 balls, with four fours, and Bairstow, who had been playing so well, was bowled by Munday for 28 trying to hit a full-toss that clipped the bail. 166-5.

Tim Bresnan joined Gerard Brophy - and twice heaved Munday over mid-wicket for six. Tea was taken at 187-5, Bresnan not out 16, and Brophy 5. Bresnan hooked Stiff powerfully for four, and of the two batsmen he was certainly the more aggressive. The 200 arrived without further mishap. Brophy hammered Munday into the covers for the single that brought up the 50 partnership. At 233-5 came the new ball.

Stiff bowled a short one which Bresnan clubbed through the off-side for four. Brophy did the same thing to Thomas...but next ball he went for the hook and skied a dolly return catch. 248-6, and the stand worth 82. Brophy's 33 in 85 balls included two boundaries. Bizarrely, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan took Willoughby on: he stepped to leg to give himself room, and gave the bowler the charge. His reward was to see his stumps shattered. 261-7.

Bresnan back-cut the returning Munday for four but, looking for the two that would have completed a richly deserved 50, he top-edged a sweep down Willoughby's throat backward of square. Tim's 48 off 107 balls included four fours and two sixes. Yorkshire closed at 269-8.

And finally, a wide-angle view of Yorkshire debutant Jonathan Bairstow.

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Today's Action Pictures From Headingley Carnegie: VAUGHN RIDLEY

YORKSHIRE SQUAD

Joe Sayers. Jacques Rudolph, Anthony McGrath (capt), Jonathan Bairstow, Andrew Gale, Gerard Brophy (wk), Tim Bresnan, Ajmal Shahzad, Rana Naved, David Wainwright, Matthew Hoggard, Deon Kruis and Azeem Rafiq. 

Jonathan Bairstow is called up from 2nd XI duty to replace Michael Vaughan. Vaughan left the field on Day 4 of the match against Sussex due to a sore knee and sits this fixture out. He has had a heavy county workload recently and will do some strengthening work with the Club physio, Scot McAllister, to get him on track for the rest of the summer. It is anticipated that Michael will be back for the match against Worcestershire.

Matthew Hoggard looks set to return to action after illness prevented him playing against Sussex and Azeem Rafiq retains his place in the squad after an impressive first-class debut. 

SOMERSET SQUAD

M.Trescothick, A.Suppiah, J.Hildreth, Z.de Bruyn, J.Langer (capt), C.Kieswetter (wkt), P.Trego, A.Thomas, B.Phillips, C.Willoughby, M.Munday, M.Turner and D.Stiff

MATCH INFORMATION

Hours of Play 

Morning session: 11am to 1pm
Afternoon session: 1.40pm to 3.40pm
Evening session: 4pm to 6pm

In the event of more than 32 overs remaining to be bowled at 3.40pm (3.10pm in matches scheduled to start in September) the tea interval will be delayed and play will continue until 32 overs remain to be bowled at which time the tea interval will commence.

(Timings are brought forward 30 minutes for matches where the first day of the match is scheduled to start in September). On each of the first three days there is provision for playing time to be extended by the amount of time lost in that day up to a maximum of 30 minutes.

Overs in a day 

Play shall continue on each day until the completion of a minimum number of overs or until the scheduled cessation time, whichever is the later. The minimum number of overs to be completed, unless an innings ends or an interruption occurs, shall be:

• 96 overs minimum on days other than the last day
• 80 overs minimum on the last day plus 16 overs in the last hour unless captains agree there is no prospects of a positive result.

Points System 

• 14 points for a win plus bonus points in the first innings
• In a tie, each side to score seven points, plus any bonus points in the first innings
• In a drawn match, each side to score four points, plus any bonus points scored in the first innings. If a match is abandoned without a ball being bowled, each side to score four points
• Batting bonus points, awarded only for performances in the first 120 overs of each first innings and retained whatever the result of the match:
  200 to 249 runs - 1 point
  250 to 299 runs - 2 points
  300 to 349 runs - 3 points
  350 to 399 runs - 4 points
  400 runs or over - 5 points
• Bowling bonus points, awarded only for performances in the first 120 overs of each first innings and retained whatever the result of the match:
  3 to 5 wickets taken - 1 point
  6 to 8 wickets taken - 2 points
  9 to 10 wickets taken - 3 points

The side which has the highest aggregate of points gained at the end of the season shall be the Champion County.