Yorkshire v Hampshire: Michael Bates and Simon Katich equal 98-year-old record to keep pressure on home side Michael Bates, who reached a maiden century from 151 balls with 19 fours, and Simon Katich had taken their partnership to 170, equalling Hampshire's 98-year-old record sixth-wicket stand, against Yorkshire, by the time Bates was slow to respond to his partner's call and run out. Three overs later Katich, attempting to sweep Adil Rashid for the four required to reach 200, top-edged to deep mid-on but once again, Yorkshire failed to apply the coup de grace, allowing the opposition to score 36 for the last three wickets and claim maximum batting points. Rashid's mixture of the good, bad and downright ugly earned him three of the last five wickets but a Yorkshire seam attack lacking England's Tim Bresnan and Australian Mitchell Starc, who has finally resolved his visa problems and will play in Sunday's CB 40 match, looked at least one bowler short of first-class requirements. Steve Patterson also claimed three wickets in the weakened attack. Yorkshire's reply began under leaden skies and the departure of Adam Lyth, leg-before shouldering arms to the fifth delivery of the innings from Kabir Ali, did nothing to dispel the gloom. Hampshire's feisty pace quartet restricted Joe Root to eight in 16 overs before he edged David Balcombe to second slip and in the next over Andrew Gale, responding to a call from Phil Jaques, was brilliantly run out by Michael Carberry. Jaques played Wood through the off-side and set off for a single, but Carberry swooped on the ball to transfer it to his right hand and throw down the stumps with a direct hit. That left Yorkshire 32 for three but Jaques once again found a more reliable partner in Gary Ballance, the pair having been heroes of last week's run chase at Bristol. They held firm, adding 68 in the last 18 overs.