Darren Gough is hoping to find a league match this weekend to try and prove his fitness after a stiff back has hampered his early season. He missed Yorkshire's FP Trophy match against Durham and has been ruled out of the their opening Championship match against Hampshire.

"We are hoping that Darren will be able to bowl in practice at some time during the Hampshire match," Martyn Moxon, the Yorkshire coach, told the Yorkshire Post. "He hasn't done any bowling because of stiffness in his back and he is looking, hopefully, to get a game next weekend in the leagues."

Matthew Hoggard, meanwhile, has overcome the stiff neck which also caused him to miss the FP Trophy match.

Yorkshire's pace-bowling stocks are being stretched in the early weeks of the season. Along with the injury to Gough they are also missing Morne Morkel who is on Pro20 duty in South Africa.