YORKSHIRE leg-spinner Mark Lawson picked up a wicket he will remember for a long while on his first Championship appearance of the season against Leicestershire at Scarborough yesterday.

Only three days earlier, Chris Rogers had plundered a double century against his fellow Australians to deny the tourists victory over Leicestershire at Grace Road and the nimble left-hander seemed set for another three figure score as he moved effortlessly into the 90s.

But Lawson then lured him down the pitch with a cunningly flighted delivery which he missed and Ismail Dawood whipped off the bails to end Rogers' classy innings on 93 off 150 balls.

Yorkshire were delighted at that stage to have Leicestershire on 226-7 after they had won the toss but Ottis Gibson and Henderson then added an unbroken 116 - a club record for the eighth wicket against Yorkshire.

It enabled Leicestershire to close on 342-7 with Gibson on 87 and Henderson 42.

With Yorkshire confident that the North Marine Road pitch would take spin, they included Lawson and left out left-arm paceman David Lucas.

There was certainly little in the pitch for new ball bowlers Deon Kruis and Tim Bresnan, who failed to look menacing and were struck for a series of boundaries by Darren Robinson and Darren Maddy.

Off-spinner Richard Dawson came on at the Trafalgar Square end at 42 without loss in ten overs and he made the breakthrough at 60, Phil Jaques at slip diving behind the wicketkeeper to hold on to an edged drive by Robinson.

Eight runs later, Dawson bowled John Maunders who played over an intended drive.

Maddy, having completed 10,000 first class runs upon reaching 34, fell lbw to a ball from Ian Harvey which nipped back and Leicestershire went in to lunch on 113-3.

Dawson, who had figures of 12-2-35-2, did not return to the attack straight after the interval and Rogers and Hylton Ackerman both inflicted more punishment on Kruis and Bresnan.

Eventually, Ackerman was pinned in front of his stumps by Bresnan and Aftab Habib was lbw to one from Anthony McGrath which shot through low before Paul Nixon lost his off-stump to Kruis.

Yorkshire were well on top when Rogers departed but they lost control as Gibson and Henderson settled in, Gibson hitting Lawson for a mid-wicket six on his way to his 50 off 86 balls.

Gibson hurried past his previous best score for Leicestershire of 60 not out, made against Yorkshire at Grace Road last season, and a cover boundary for the West Indian raised the 300 in the 91st over.

When their stand exceeded 93 it beat Leicestershire's previous best for the eighth wicket between Neil Burns and Javagal Srinath, which was also made at North Marine Road three years ago.

Gibson had 11 fours and a six in his 87 while Henderson's 42 contained six fours and a six.

Updated: 11:14 Thursday, July 21, 2005