What do we need? Wickets! When do we need them? Now!

As suggested earlier wickets are what Yorkshire need in order to win the title and something they've so far failed to accrue in significant quantity since Matthew Hoggard left for Test duty.

With this in mind Yorkshire have moved to replace the economical pace bowling of Jason Gillespie with the leg-spin of Imran Tahir plucked from League Cricket obscurity for the Championship run-in.

After lots of head scratching and some indignation the signing of Tahir begins to make a little more sense. With Sussex almost certainly creating a spinners paradise for the Mushtaq's (Ahmed and Saqlain) playing two or three spinners is a distinct possibility. With Mark Lawson out for 'personal reasons' it leaves the promising finger spin of David Wainwright as the only option to accompany Adil Rashid. Bringing in an experienced, in-form, leg spinner seems reasonable.

Despite him excelling at limited overs cricket, Gough and Moxon have decided Wainwright is not yet ready for the step up to four day, title-deciding, cricket. The coach and captain still have faith in the slow left armer, shown by him bowling at the death against Glamorgan in the Pro40. Wainwright must know he has bright future at Yorkshire. He's emerged from the shadows and has made great progress in one season. Once Rashid gets snapped up by England, Wainwright could be Yorkshire's first choice spinner in all forms of the game.

However it's the pace bowling that needs serious attention. If sources are to be believed Kruis has been offered a contract for 2008 and Bresnan, Gough and Hoggard will all still be on board. Should the county's overseas player be a fast bowler of genuine wicket taking ability, on paper, that quintet of quicks could be adequate.

However Gough has already started to bowl shorter spells and may not be able to play such a substantial season in 2008. Kruis has been plagued by injury and lacked the fire of previous years. Hoggard will probably be only partially available and Bresnan blows hot and cold. Shahzad and Pyrah have shown promise but are they good enough to be relied upon? If Yorkshire suffer injuries like 2006 the attack would begin to look less than healthy. The bowlers seem to be either ageing pro's on the wane or raw, young quicks not yet ready to carry the bowling.

Therefore, if Shahzad fails to have a destructive finish to the season, the Yorkshire hierarchy could look to bring in either an English, or controversially a Kolpak, pace bowler of quality. They are out there. Durham have a plethora of quick bowling talent, of which Moxon will be familiar, a reasonable chunk of which have missed first team games this season. Graeme Onions, Mark Davies, Stuart Broad and a rejuvenated Steve Kirby would all consider moves to Yorkshire.

An attack led by two new strike bowlers, supported rather than carried, by Gough, Bresnan, Kruis and Shazhad would provide a more rounded quick bowling unit, offering genuine depth and better able to respond to injury and loss of form.

Some committed Yorkshire supporters will be horrified by the thought of bringing in the required players from beyond the borders of the Broad Acres. This view is an honourable one however if Yorkshire's bowling resources need improving and the required quality is not to be found in the Second XI, 'outsiders' must be considered.

Whatever occurs in the off-season Yorkshire's pulling power would be considerably increased with a Championship title to point at. Whether Tahir can help secure this time will tell. In the meantime the usual suspects will have to try and find wickets on a Scarborough pitch likely to be full of runs.