Vaughan retires hurt but Brown makes another ton

Michael Vaughan had to retire hurt after being struck on the hand by a Stuart Clark delivery this evening.

The England captain was on 16 and the score 22-0 when he played forward to the Australia fast bowler, only for the ball to trap the middle digit of his right hand against his bat handle.

Vaughan removed his glove immediately and there was a five-minute delay while he received treatment from the Yorkshire physio Scott McCallister.

He received three further deliveries, one from Clark and two from James Bruce, before retiring to have his hand X-rayed.

Clark then found Anthony McGrath's outside edge (29-1).

And he trapped Joe Sayers lbw for six with a delivery that kept low in his next over as Hampshire made further inroads(34-2).

With six players crowding the bat, nightwatchman Matthew Hoggard pulled the last ball of the day, from Shane Warne, for four to leave a compelling match evenly poised .

Hoggard and Younis Khan were both unbeaten on eight at stumps.

Michael Brown had made his second hundred in successive championship innings.

But he was one of seven Hampshire batsmen to be dismissed during today's afternoon session as Yorkshire earned a three-run first-innings lead.

Brown has only started the season as Jimmy Adams's opening partner because of a knee injury to Michael Carberry.

But he made 115* in the win against Surrey at the Brit Oval, and made an invaluable 105 (159 balls, 15 fours) today.

If it was not for Brown's first championship hundred at the Rose Bowl for three years, Hampshire would be all but out of the game.

They had been well set at the interval on 143-1 with Brown (73*) and Crawley (29*) at the crease.

But Brown saw the big wickets of John Crawley, Michael Lumb and Chris Benham fall in the first nine overs after lunch.

Jimmy Adams (22) was the only wicket to fall during the morning session, the first of several catches for wicketkeeper Gerard Brophy and the first of Tim Bresnan's four-wicket haul (68-1).

But Crawley's dismissal in the sixth over of the afternoon session triggered a horribly familiar collapse as Hampshire lost four wickets for 23 runs in nine overs(158-2).

Brilliantly caught one-handed down the leg side by Brophy, Crawley departed for 32 (98 balls).

He was followed by Michael Lumb two overs later.

The left-handed former Yorkshire batsman made five before he became the third Hampshire wicket to enter the scorebook ct Brophy b Bresnan (166-3).

Adil Rashid then took the wicket of Benham (2), who was caught by Jacques Rudolph at silly mid off in the next over (169-4).

But opening batsman Brown was proving harder to dislodge and reached his fourth championship hundred for Hampshire from 150 balls with a single off Rashid.

Brown was eventually trapped lbw by Bresnan five overs after Benham's dismissal (181-5).

Then Sean Ervine, Shane Warne and Stuart Clark were all dismissed in four Jason Gillespie overs.

Ervine was out to a regulation catch by Brophy to become Gillespie's first victim (218-6).

And after driving fellow leg spinner Rashid for four, Warne was well caught low down by Anthony McGrath at short extra cover (228-7).

Gillespie, having admitted to being surprised at the award of a contract extension by Cricket Australia yesterday, had his bowling rival Stuart Clark caught behind in his next over(232-8).

Pothas at least put up some resistance, reaching his fifty from 115 balls by hooking Bresnan for six in the final session.

But James Bruce (7) was caught at point by Rashid as he tried to drive Matthew Hoggard (275-9).

Pothas continued to drive Yorkshire's seam attack with authority and finished unbeaten on 70 (148 balls, nine fours, one six) when James Tomlinson was beaten by a quicker ball from Rashid (296 all out).

Hoggard 19-2-52-1, Gough 9-2-40-0, Rashid 26.3-2-79-2, Bresnan 22-6-65-4, Gillespie 14-4-40-3, Younis Khan 2-0-9-0, Rudolph 3-1-4-0