Yorkshire were unable to build on Matthew Hoggard's early strike

Justin Langer and Arul Suppiah hit contrasting half centuries to give Championship contenders Somerset the edge over Yorkshire at Scarborough.

A gloomy opening day allowed just 44 overs of cricket, but Somerset reached an encouraging 160-3 despite losing Marcus Trescothick for a golden duck.

Langer hit 13 boundaries in a cameo of 55 from just 86 minutes of batting.

Suppiah, opening with Trescothick, dropped anchor to hit 58 not out from 119 balls in three and a half hours.

Yorkshire, who need every point they can muster in order to steer clear of the relegation zone, did not help their cause by fluffing three chances.

James Hildreth was dropped twice at third slip in the space of three balls and later survived a missed stumping opportunity. At the close he was on 29 not out.

Yorkshire had to make a late change to their line-up when Andrew Gale's elbow locked during the warm-up, Richard Pyrah taking his place, and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan could not be considered because of a knee injury.

Captain Darren Gough included himself in Yorkshire's side for his last home appearance before retiring at the end of the season, while Somerset brought back Gough's former England fast-bowling colleague Andy Caddick - recently given a new one-year contract.

A wet outfield caused a half-hour delay to the start and Trescothick was out to the first ball when Matthew Hoggard pitched wide outside off stump and an expansive drive resulted in a catch for wicketkeeper Gerard Brophy.

It was the only point in the day when the hosts held the upper hand, however.

"I thought we were going quite well at 160-3 and obviously getting the momentum going forward so it was rather disappointing [to go off for bad light] and we can't control that.

"Hopefully we'll come back in the morning and try to get to 200, 250 and then work our way to 400."