MARCUS TRESCOTHICK will be fully fit for Somerset's final five days of Championship cricket this season after an injury scare.

The former England opener fell awkwardly on his shoulder in the warm-up before the third day of his side's clash with Yorkshire at Scarborough yesterday.

Trescothick went to a local hospital for an X-ray to check there was no break and spent the rest of the day off the field with his arm in a sling, applying ice to the knock.

Because he was sidelined while Yorkshire were making 414 all out, he cannot bat in Somerset's second innings until the fifth wicket falls. They will start the final day on 25-0, trailing by nine.

Coach Andy Hurry said: "Tres is fine. We have done the most sensible thing by keeping him off the park, with a view to next week.

"We have had confirmation of the X-ray that there is nothing serious, and he will bat at seven. He slipped over and just fell on top of it."

Trescothick is the second Somerset player to be injured warming up in the last month after wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter damaged an ankle playing football at Trent Bridge.

Realistically, Somerset are unable to win the game and so look certain to go into next week's clash with Lancashire at Taunton trailing Nottinghamshire by at least eight points.

Hurry said: "The situation is disapointing, but it is not the end of the world. We have had the worse of conditions in this game but we were really pleased with how we bowled for the latter two sessions.

"We talked in depth this morning and put the plan in place. The great thing all season is they have bowled well as a unit."

Hurry insists a draw is by no means a formality, with the highly promising wrist-spinner Adil Rashid in the Yorkshire attack on a pitch offering turn.

"We have a tough day ahead of us because they have a world-class leg-spinner who is in England's plans and we have got to make sure we apply ourselves," said the coach. "We have certainly got the talent to get the draw points we need."

Somerset skipper Justin Langer confirmed there would be no negotiations about setting up a game through joke bowling.

He said: "There is only one possible winner from here and we have to be very professional. The chances of us taking 10 wickets in such a short space of time on that pitch aren't realistic."