Cricket: Yorkshire in control

Yorkshire 364 Nottinghamshire 116-4

Rain throughout the morning delayed the start until lunchtime and showers in the afternoon limited play to 31 overs here yesterday. There was time enough, though, for Yorkshire to pick up a fifth bonus point and tighten their grip on the match. With their top-order gone, Nottinghamshire still need the best part of 100 more runs to avoid the follow-on.

Before the weather closed in, Paul Johnson and Nathan Astle were beginning to look as if they might pull Nottinghamshire out of trouble. Such fluency, however, was rare - Yorkshire's bowlers showed greater appreciation of a helpful wicket than their Nottinghamshire counterparts had on Wednesday.

It was a good day, particularly for Craig White. He has made only a modest contribution to Yorkshire's season so far, with hardly a run to his name and no more than a scattering of wickets. Yesterday, however, something evidently clicked, for he was able to bowl a testing line at a fairly fierce pace and was duly rewarded with three wickets, all of which came in the space of 20 deliveries.

White dismissed Tim Robinson with the aid of a fine catch by David Byas at second slip before Paul Pollard, looking to work the ball through mid- wicket, miscued to gully, where Richard Stemp took a sharp low chance. The threesome was completed when Mathew Dowman, still enjoying the feel of a lovely square-driven four, was tempted to go for another and paid the price.