One dramatic event followed hard on the heels of another at Scarborough yesterday where 25 wickets crashed and 358 runs were scored on the first day of Yorkshire's Championship match against Division Two leaders Worcestershire.

Things looked bleak for Yorkshire when they were bowled out for 130 inside 32 overs after winning the toss but they then hit back hard by dismissing Worcestershire for 91 and at the end of a long day they were 137 for five second time around with an overall lead of 176.

At least five batsmen in an incredible day's cricket were out offering no stroke.

In the very first over Matthew Wood missed an inswinger and was lbw to the dangerous Kabir Ali, who proceeded to take the first seven wickets to fall and end with this season's best first-class figures of eight for 53.

Stephen Fleming slapped 31 before becoming Kabir's fifth victim at 57 but the highest stand of the innings came from the last wicket pair of Richard Dawson and Steve Kirby who added 37 priceless runs to help Yorkshire recover from 93 for nine, Dawson remaining unbeaten with 42 when Kirby fell to the second delivery after lunch.

If Yorkshire were bad, Worcestershire soon proved to be much worse as Chris Silverwood picked up three of the first four wickets to fall.

But it was Kirby who celebrated his first match as a capped player by capturing six for 51.

Off-spinner Gareth Batty entered the ground at 2.50pm, having been released by England, and he replaced Shaftab Khalid in the game.

Batty found himself going in to bat at 38 for six and he hung around for almost half an hour before being caught behind off Vic Craven. Fleming played some positive shots in the second innings but wickets continued to topple and when Michael Lumb marked the awarding of his county cap last week by bagging a pair Yorkshire were 78 for four.

Batty came on with the day's first spin at 88 for four but Craven and White held firm in the lengthening shadows until they had put on 46, when Craven was surprised by Jeremy Kemp's extra bounce and gave a slip catch to Solanki, White finishing on 42 not out off 67 balls with eight nicely-timed fours when play ended.