Tim Bresnan grabbed the first three Warwickshire wickets for five runs in the space of 13 balls before being awarded his Yorkshire cap by captain Craig White at Scarborough yesterday.

With Jason Gillespie continuing his recent dynamic form, Warwickshire slumped to 122-9 but eventually reached 201 through a tenth-wicket stand of 79 between Heath Streak and last man Paul Harris.

Yorkshire continued to stamp their mark on the game and by close of play had made 122-2 with opener Joe Sayers unbeaten on 63.

Injuries to Darren Lehmann and Mitch Claydon meant Yorkshire were able to give Championship debuts to paceman Steve Patterson and 18-year-old batsman and leg-spinner, Adil Rashid, and both went on to pick up a wicket after Warwickshire had decided to bat first on winning the toss.

The young duo will long remember taking the field if only because of the bizarre start. A swirling sea fret kept sweeping across the ground and blotting out passages of play and there were short interruptions when mystery voices from the loudspeaker system kept booming out, adding to the ghostly scene.

By the time the voices, the mist and the sounds of a foghorn had melted away, Warwickshire openers Ian Westwood and Mark Wagh had moved the score on comfortably to 49 without loss but the introduction of Bresnan dramatically halted the visitors' progress.

Seaming the ball beautifully from the Trafalgar Square end, Bresnan had Wagh caught at second slip by Anthony McGrath just two balls after a similar edge had been put down at first slip by Michael Lumb. McGrath poached his catch virtually out of Lumb's hands.

Jonathan Trott smacked a wide ball to White at point and in the same over Bresnan moved one the other way to have left-hander Westwood also neatly taken by McGrath.

Bresnan left the field briefly after receiving his cap and soon returned sporting a first team sweater, despite heat which had spectators using umbrellas as parasols.

There was no respite from the heat for Warwickshire, however, as Gillespie proved just as lethal as Bresnan, blasting out the next three batsmen in 21 deliveries for three runs.

At 122-9 in only the 43rd over, Warwickshire seemed finished but they were thrown a lifeline by Streak and Harris, whose 79 together was Warwickshire's highest last wicket stand at North Marine Road, beating the previous best of 72 between Bob Wyatt and Eric Hollies in 1939.

It took the late introduction of Rashid to put an end to the spree by trapping Harris lbw attempting to sweep, leaving Streak unbeaten on 68 from 100 balls with ten fours.

Yorkshire continued to stay on top as White and Sayers gave them a 73 start before White was dismissed by Brown for 28 but Sayers went on to complete his second consecutive half-century from 64 deliveries with 11 nicely timed boundaries.

Anthony McGrath edged Carter to the wicketkeeper to make it 115-2 but nightwatchman Gillespie calmly saw out the remainder of the day with Sayers.