Frustration for Yorkshire's Jonny Bairstow as he falls early in Bob Willis Trophy match against Nottinghamshire

Bairstow fell for five runs on the opening day of the Bob Willis Trophy match against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.

Batting at No 3, as Yorkshire reached 67-4 at lunch after winning the toss, Bairstow got off the mark from his 18th ball when he cover-drove pace bowler Zak Chappell to the Bridgford Road boundary.

He added a single before cutting Chappell firmly to backward point, where Samit Patel held a sharp catch at around head height.

In glorious sunshine, Yorkshire, who gave a first-class debut to Middlesbrough-born 19-year-old pace bowler Dominic Leech, made a disappointing start on a used pitch.

That surface had prompted Nottinghamshire to field two spinners in Patel and Matthew Carter, and the hosts would surely have preferred to bat first to allow those spinners the chance to prosper in the game’s fourth innings.

Instead, it was Yorkshire - fielding one specialist spinner in Jack Shutt - who got the opportunity to drive the game with the bat, only for their problems to start in the day’s third over.

Adam Lyth was lbw to Jake Ball for four playing around his front pad, before Bairstow’s departure left Yorkshire 23-2 in the 12th over.

The visitors slipped to 37-3 in the 14th when Dawid Malan nibbled at one from Chappell and was caught behind by Tom Moores.

Malan had got off the mark from his first ball by cover driving Chappell to the boundary, and he had followed up with a similarly impressive cover-driven boundary off the Nottinghamshire captain Steven Mullaney before perishing for nine.

Yorkshire, who also welcomed back South African pace bowler Duanne Olivier, slipped to 44-4 in the 20th over when off-spinner Carter had Tom Kohler-Cadmore caught by Mullaney.

Kohler-Cadmore, who hit 19, tried to sweep a delivery which ballooned up just behind the wicketkeeper, Mullaney moving round from slip to take a comfortable catch.

Harry Brook (5) and Jonny Tattersall (13) ensured there were no further alarms before the break, Tattersall producing leg-side boundaries off Patel and Carter to cap an interesting session.

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