Cricket latest: Starc and Yorkshire come out firing

Patterson, who received his first team cap before the start of the game, responded by firing out both openers.

Left-arm paceman Starc, on his Championship debut, also picked up two early wickets as the visitors slumped to 45-5 in this Division Two contest after winning the toss.

However, captain Andrew Hall, led a spirited rearguard action with a rugged 79 which boosted his side’s score to 253. In five overs before the close, Yorkshire reached 27-0.

Ryan Sidebottom finished with the best bowling figures of 3-37, with patterson ending on 3-61. Starc came back into the pavilion with 2-64 from his 18 overs.

Read Chris Waters’s day one report in Thursday’s Yorkshire Post.