WORCESTERSHIRE took just one wicket on the opening day of their LV County Championship match against Yorkshire as left-hander Joe Sayers once again showed his liking for Headingley Carnegie.

When rain ended play shortly before tea on 202 for one in 66 overs, the home side's opener stood unbeaten on 86 off 200 balls with nine boundaries.

Sayers continued where he had left off against Durham in Yorkshire's previous Division One match on the ground when he carried his bat with 149 not out in the first innings and was unbeaten on 10 second time around.

He has now batted for 14 hours and seven minutes at Headingley this season without so far being dismissed.

Sayers survived an early chance when he edged Nadeem Malik to Ben Smith at first slip and the straightforward catch was put down.

Sayers was on four at the time but did not give another chance as he and Craig White put on 177 for the first wicket.

Both batsmen showed great respect for the new-ball pair of Kabir Ali and Malik and only 34 runs came off the first 20 overs - during which time Worcestershire also gave a short spell to their new signing, Scottish international Dewald Nel.

White had contributed 42 to Sayers' 27 at lunch and reached his 50 off 115 balls with eight fours, his leg-glance to the boundary also bringing up Yorkshire's 100. Sayers got to the landmark off 140 balls with six fours.

It was Yorkshire's first century partnership for the first wicket at Headingley since Matthew Wood and Phil Jaques, now with Worcestershire, put on an unbroken 132 together in May 2005.

White was now exuding confidence and two consecutive boundaries through extra cover off Yorkshire-born spinner Gareth Batty moved him into the 90s.

But, on 97, he was denied his second century of the season by Roger Sillence who had him caught behind by Steven Davies after he had faced 169 balls and hit 17 boundaries. Anthony McGrath joined Sayers and had reached seven when bad light and rain forced the players off the field.