A career-best intervention by Yorkshire's Oliver Hannon-Dalby reined back a Warwickshire recovery in the County Championship at Edgbaston.
The 6ft 8in pace bowler from Halifax removed England batsman Jonathan Trott for 88 and took four for 19 in 29 balls before Jim Troughton re-ignited the home side.
Left hander Troughton made 78 as Warwickshire - trailing by 57 after the first innings - reached 347 and set Yorkshire a target of 291 on a pitch that has given bowlers some encouragement throughout.
The game could have drifted away from the visitors as they put down three chances, two of these from Troughton in successive overs from Hannon-Dalby.
The lapses by Anthony McGrath - bumping into Tim Bresnan as they chased after a top edge - and wicketkeeper Jonathan Bairstow allowed Troughton to put on 64 with Naqaash Tahir for the eighth wicket.
They scored at nearly five runs an over until Steve Patterson bowled Troughton for the first of two wickets in five balls. Hannon-Dalby then came back to finish off the innings with five for 68 when Naqaash was pinned leg-before after making 34.
In 19 overs before the close, Adam Lyth gave Yorkshire a solid platform with an unbeaten 34 as they made 57 for one and reduced their requirement to 234. Joe Sayers was the man out, caught behind off Naqaash for 12.
Two England players dominated the first half of the day. Ian Bell played beautifully for 54 as the overnight stand with Varun Chopra eventually yielded 96.
Chopra was first to go, edging Bresnan to first slip, and Bell passed up the chance of something more substantial when he failed to control a drive off Ajmal Shahzad and gave a low catch to Adil Rashid at point.
Trott, strong off the back foot, took on the leading role from there, rattling along with 15 fours from 138 balls as Troughton contributed 29 to a stand of 105.
It was then Yorkshire turned to Hannon-Dalby. A member of the county's successful team in the Second XI Trophy last summer, he is making only his second first-class appearance, nearly two years after dismissing Mark Ramprakash on his debut against Surrey.
Having taken one wicket in Warwickshire's first innings, he stepped up his output with two in his first over on the third afternoon. Trott fell at second slip and Tim Ambrose was lbw as he played across the line.
With confidence as high as his action, Hannon-Dalby took out Chris Woakes' off stump and picked up a bonus point when Neil Carter drove to mid-off.




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