Vaughan shows his class and Lehmann his power

Michael Vaughan and Darren Lehmann carried Yorkshire through to a draw in their championship match against Durham at Leeds with a century each. In so doing they made amends for the team's batting breakdown on the second day which had led to Yorkshire following on.

Vaughan held the side together in scoring 118 with ten fours from 306 deliveries in little short of seven hours. The game was already safe when Neil Killeen bowled him after the England batsman had added 102 with Lehmann.

Starting the day on 149-1 Yorkshire lost the obdurate Richard Blakey - 15 runs from 117 deliveries - to a catch at the wicket off Mel Betts. On reaching his hundred Vaughan played quietly while Lehmann laid about with pulls and drives to attain his half-century from 58 deliveries.

Vaughan quickly notched up his century but then had to play second fiddle as Lehmann launched into a series of powerful drives and pulls to reach 50 from 58 balls. Blakey had to run for him after lunch because of a back injury. Lehmann reached his first championship hundred at Leeds from 120 balls and, then, continued to score freely with five more fours until he was caught for 136 runs. With little competitive points to the game David Byas declined to declare which gave Matthew Wood much needed batting practice before the close at 386-4.

Yorkshire travel on Wednesday to play leaders Surrey in a clash which will have a major impact on the championship.