ENGLAND captain Michael Vaughan was able to pronounce himself fit for the second Test at Headingley on Thursday after scoring a solid 32 off 62 balls for Yorkshire Phoenix in their 59 run victory over Scottish Saltires in Edinburgh yesterday.

Vaughan suffered no adverse reaction from the knee injury which kept him out of the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's and he was glad of the opportunity to warm up in the middle.

"It is a very big day for me and I hope I come through it all right," said Vaughan before going out to bat.

He tested his knee with some quick running between the wickets although he did not sprint quickly enough to beat Steven Knox's throw which ran him out with a direct hit when he was still a good yard out of his crease.

Vaughan managed four handsome boundaries but it was a slow pitch on which run scoring was not easy and Yorkshire's total of 199 for eight was always going to be a demanding one.

Scotland made a brave attempt and were 61 for one at one stage but they got into trouble against some excellent spin bowling from Richard Dawson who claimed career-best figures of four for 20 in nine overs to take the man-of-the-match award.

Once again, Yorkshire could find no-one to play a really big innings after they had been put in to bat and Matthew Wood emerged as top-scorer with 33 off 63 balls before being bowled by Sridharan Sriram.

Phil Jaques and Anthony McGrath each made 28 but both fell to juggling catches by wicket-keeper Colin Smith who held on to four victims in all.

Yorkshire gave Steve Kirby the new ball on his return from a back injury but Fraser Watts hammered him for four boundaries and he was withdrawn from the attack but returned later to claim the last two wickets.

McGrath put in a spirited spell in which he conceded only 28 runs for the wicket of opener, Knox, who got in a tangle on the backfoot and was lbw,

The best bowling of the day, however, came from Dawson who struck in his first over by getting Yasir Arafat caught behind the corner by Jaques as he attempted to sweep and he then drew Sriram forward to have him caught behind by Richard Blakey.

In his second spell Dawson clean bowled Craig Wright before taking a return catch to dismiss Colin Smith while White accounted for Ryan Watson and Douglas Lockhart.