Wasim Akram could not have made a better start to life at the Rose Bowl - he bowled world number one Michael Vaughan with the tenth ball of his home debut.

It prompted an inspired day in the field for Hampshire in their first home game of the season against promotion favourites Yorkshire.

Torrential overnight rain meant that play did not begin until 2.30pm but Wasim did not take long to make his mark after John Crawley had won the toss.

Vaughan, playing his first county match since scoring 54 against Hampshire at Headingley last May, had made one, a single through mid wicket, before he played back to a ball of fullish length from Wasim, which knocked his middle and off stumps sideways.

It prompted the biggest cheer of the day from the Hampshire crowd, which was also watching Simon Katich in action for the first time.

Katich, who bowled two of the last three overs of the day, will surely bat for the county for the first time today as Hampshire's attack, led by Wasim and Alan Mullally, ran riot in the first bowler-friendly conditions of the season for Crawley's men.

Vaughan, one of Wisden's five cricketers of the year, was pictured on the front cover of this year's Almanack, published yesterday.

But after he was beaten all ends up by one of the game's all time greats after facing seven balls and with just one run on the board, Mullally joined in the fun.

Matthew Wood, Vaughan's opening partner, was caught behind as he tried to drive Mullally and with Yorkshire one run shy of 50, Chris Tremlett had Anthony McGrath, Yorkshire's skipper, caught at backward point.

The Tykes, who were relegated along with Hampshire and Somerset last season, edged their way to 82 for 3 at tea but in the first over after the break, Mullally struck, claiming the wicket of Richard Blakey with no runs added to the tea time score.

Blakey was caught behind after nibbling at a ball outside off stump. It was a key scalp - Yorkshire's wicketkeeper scored an unbeaten 223 in his only other championship innings this season.

But this was not going to be anything like the run feast Yorkshire enjoyed against Northants, a match they won by an innings and 343 runs.

In his next over Mullally ended Gary Fellows brief stay at the crease, thanks to a well taken catch by Derek Kenway, who dived to his left from second slip to leave Yorkshire reeling on 84 for 5.

It had been a good toss for Crawley to win on his home debut as captain but South African left-hander Michael Lumb held firm for Yorkshire and found a willing partner in Richard Dawson.

Lumb arrived at the crease after Vaughan had departed to the 16th ball of the innings. He and Dawson put on 44 for the sixth wicket before the latter was trapped lbw by fellow off spinner Shaun Udal as he tried to work the ball to the leg side.

It got even better for Hampshire. With his next ball Udal had Chris Silverwood caught at short leg, where Robin Smith showed the reflexes of a man half his age to dismiss the former England bowler.

That brought Darren Gough to the crease and England's old talisman hit Udal for a boundary through mid wicket with his second ball, clubbing an unbeaten 30 at nearly a run a ball, including a driven six off the last ball of the penultimate over from Udal. Lumb reached his fifty with a cut to the fence off Tremlett and put on 46 with Gough before stumps. His unbeaten 60 came from 170 balls.