After the euphoria of their excellent championship win over Warwickshire, it was down to earth with a bump for Yorkshire at Scarborough yesterday when the NatWest Pro40 second division leaders slumped to a five wicket defeat at the hands of Surrey.

Yorkshire's problems were not entirely restricted to on the field, either, with captain Darren Gough managing only two overs before having to retire for ice-pack treatment on a sore shin.

And England skipper, Michael Vaughan, was unable to play after suffering back spasms soon after arriving at North Marine Road in the morning and he was sent home to rest.

Gough will have a fitness test this morning ahead of Yorkshire's NatWest Pro40 clash with Durham at Riverside today, but Vaughan will not be called upon.

Martyn Moxon, Yorkshire's director of cricket, said: "Darren is suffering from a bit of wear and tear at the moment and he felt his shin become sore again while he was batting. He will continue to have ice-pack treatment and we will see how he feels after a night's rest."

At least Yorkshire now have over a week in which Gough and Vaughan can recover before the crucial Championship match against Sussex which begins at Hove on September 5.

Yorkshire yesterday surrendered their NatWest Pro40 unbeaten record with barely a murmur and the defeat would have been even more emphatic had Gough not led a late rescue act after they had crashed to 58 for eight against the Surrey seamers after winning the toss.

For some inexplicable reason, Surrey then turned to their spinners with Gough and David Wainwright putting on 72 in 16 overs for the ninth wicket.

Gough twice launched into leg-spinner, Chris Schofield, by belting him for sixes over mid-wicket, and the pacemen had to be belatedly brought back at one end, but it was Harbhajan Singh who split the pair when Wainwright swung him away to the mid-wicket boundary where he was caught by Chris Jordan.

Last man Matthew Hoggard was bowled by Stewart Walters at 145 in the 34th over, leaving Gough one run short of what would have been only his second half-century in the competition for Yorkshire. He faced 53 balls and hit five fours and two sixes.

Matt Nicholson dismissed Yorkshire openers Jacques Rudolph and Craig White and it was White's departure with the score on 29 that sparked a collapse which saw seven wickets fall for 29 runs in ten overs.

Mohammad Akram had a spell of three wickets for five runs in 17 deliveries and 18-year-old Jordan claimed three wickets in five accurate overs.

Surrey were given a rapid start with 60 in seven overs coming from openers Scott Newman and James Benning, Gough giving away 16 runs in his two overs.

Bennings fiery 37 from 25 balls with seven fours and a six was ended by Tim Bresnan, who trapped him lbw, but Newman (30) and Mark Butcher (34) kept Surrey well in control.