Yorkshire and Hampshire played out a dull draw yesterday even though day four at the Rose Bowl saw records tumble left, right and centre.

Michael Carberry and Neil McKenzie shared a staggering 523 runs inside 136 overs from seven hours and 55 minutes for the third wicket of the home side’s first innings as they alone just fell short of matching Yorkshire’s 532 total.

Both captains failed to agree in discussions over a contrived finish, meaning the pair batted through yesterday’s first two sessions before Dominic Cork declared just after tea on 599-3.

Carberry amassed an unbeaten 300 and McKenzie was out for 237 during the first over after tea when he punted left-arm spinner David Wainwright down Gary Ballance’s throat at mid-on.

That was Yorkshire’s first success since the evening session of day two when Wainwright had Jimmy Adams caught behind.

There were a whole host of records that fell, but the most important information is that Yorkshire claimed a total of six points to move 17 points clear of second-bottom Worcestershire, who have two games in hand.

Carberry’s and McKenzie’s achievements will gain attention all around the world seeing as it goes into the all-time first-class partnerships list at number nine.

But their efforts came on a pitch that would be the ideal surface on which to play a timeless Test, an idea recently floated by the ICC.

That was further highlighted when Yorkshire’s Jacques Rudolph and Joe Sayers eased to 40-0 from ten second innings overs before hands were shook on a draw at 5pm.

“When you’ve just got done points, you’ve got to be careful,” said Yorkshire director of professional cricket Martyn Moxon, referring to the recent eight-point deduction for Hampshire after producing a poor pitch against Notts.

“I was fully expecting the pitch to deteriorate as it went on. For some reason, it seemed to get better and better and slower and slower.

“It was the type of pitch that if you showed determination and desire to bat on it, you could be very difficult to dislodge. All credit to them.”

Captain Andrew Gale used nine bowlers, excluding only himself and wicketkeeper Gerard Brophy.

“From a bowling point of view, if we’re being critical, we probably bowled a four-ball an over,” said Moxon, who saw Adil Rashid return 0-146 from 39 overs and Wainwright 2-150 from 44.5.

“Having said that, the margin for error on that pitch was very small.”

Both Carberry and McKenzie posted career-best scores, and their partnership was also the third highest in English first-class history.

Ironically, the two higher partnerships were both posted by Yorkshire, the highest being 555 between Percy Holmes and Herbert Sutcliffe against Essex at Leyton in 1932.