Hampshire find themselves with the advantage at the close of the second day of the Frizzell County Championship match at Headingley. Having been bowled out for 354, Yorkshire made heavy progress and are still 180 behind with six wickets in hand.

With rain allowing just three minutes play in the opening seventy – play starting 30 minutes late before another heavy shower interrupted Hampshire's innings – Steve Kirby removed Nic Pothas' off stump with the fifth of the five balls bowled.

After the restart, Yorkshire failed to follow this up and helped the visitors to move their score along at a healthy rate with a precession of no-balls and loose deliveries. Chris Tremlett joined Shaun Udal in a frustrating for the hosts ninth-wicket stand of 45.

Tremlett became the sixth man dismissed bowled when Matthew Hoggard beat him for pace but Alan Mullally aided Udal's advance with a useful 33 run partnership, including two lots of four byes and a pulled six into the incomplete new members stand off the England paceman.

Udal was left unbeaten on 43, while the extras joined John Crawley and Will Kendall in recording half-centuries. Hoggard was the pick of the bowlers, taking 4-93 while the fiery Kirby closed with three.

Yorkshire opener Matthew Wood continued his dreadful run of late when he fended off a lifter from Mullally's second delivery of the innings to Crawley at short-leg, being dismissed for his third consecutive duck.

A sparkling knock from First Test centurion Michael Vaughan was in contrast to his partner Craig White, who remained stoic but undefeated at the other end.

Vaughan, timing the ball with ease helped himself to a 68-ball 54 before Tremlett trapped him leg before and captain Darren Lehmann looked comfortable in reaching 21 before the same fate ended his innings, this time to Mascarenhas.

Hampshire ended the day in the ascendancy having prized Anthony McGrath into driving Mascarenhas into the hands of Giles White at short mid-wicket.

White remained unbeaten though the 54 overs one short of his half-century, while Michael Lumb kept his head on 14.

31 runs are required to save the follow-on but Yorkshire are looking at a sizable first innings deficit if Hampshire can continue the good work of today.

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