An all round performance

With the news that England are sending Michael Vaughan back to Yorkshire ahead of the West Indies test matches the White Rose is looking almost spherical such is the all round nature of it's players.

The England captain will replace opener Joe Sayers.

The team now consists of:

Craig White (Right hand bat/off break/medium pace bowler) - At his peak the best all rounder in England. In his twilight years his bowling has taken a back seat due to a recurring knee injury however he has made himself available to bowl spin in the 2007 season. 395 first class wickets at 28 with best figures of 8/55 show his bowling class.

Michael Vaughan (Right hand bat/off break bowler) - Underused as a bowler, in part because of his own captaincy, his off break bowling has been the test match downfall of the mighty Sachin Tendulkar. In England's final match of the 2007 World Cup Vaughan was the only bowler to bowl 10 overs and returned match best figures of 3/39. He also scored a stylish 79 off only 68 balls.

Anthony McGrath (Right hand bat/medium pace bowler) - Yorkshire's second highest run scorer in 2006 has been a consistent performer with the ball in previous years. A useful partnership breaker McGrath reached the England side due to his useful medium pace bowling and formidable batting. He has 95 first class wickets at 34 giving up only 3.08 runs an over.

Younus Khan (Right hand bat/leg break bowler) - The test double centurion was not known to Yorkshire fans as a bowler but has already shown he has some ability with the ball. Bowling in tandem with Adil Rashid he turned his arm over for 9 overs against Surrey in the 2007 season opener. He has 16 domestic one day wickets at an average of 24.

Jacques Rudolph (Left hand bat/leg break bowler) - Another test double centurion Rudolph has 45 first class wickets at 41. His best figures of 5/87 suggest on his day he can be a useful leg spinner.

Adil Rashid (Right hand bat/leg break bowler) - Rashid could be the best all-rounder of his generation. Already Yorkshire's best spinner for a decade he has centuries for England under-19 and opened for the Yorkshire academy and 2nd XI.

Tim Bresnan (Right hand bat/medium fast bowler) - The 22 year old hit his first century for Yorkshire against Surrey and is now half of Yorkshire's highest ever 9th wicket partnership; 290. A first change bowler with 111 first class wickets at 32. Will struggle to get the new ball ahead of Gough, Hoggard, Gillespie and Kruis but has time on his side.

Darren Gough (Right hand bat/fast medium bowler) - The Dazzler has spent years ripping out the best opening batsmen across the globe with his vicious in-swinging yorkers. 229 test wickets at 28, 235 ODI wickets at 26 and a 815 first class wickets at 27 mark him out as one of the finest bowlers of his generation. A belligerent, counter attacking lower order batsmen he has 19 first class half centuries and a highest score 121.

Jason Gillespie (Right hand bat/fast bowler) - Yorkshire's 3rd test double centurion has now added 123 not out in Yorkshire's 2007 season opener against Surrey. Gillespie is also Australia's 5th most prolific test wicket taker. Opening the bowling as well as offering rearguard batting support Gillespie will play a key role in both forms of the game.

Matthew Hoggard (Right hand bat/fast medium bowler) - The 5th ranked bowler in world cricket Hoggard will lead the attack for the first part of the summer as he prepares to do battle with the West Indian batsman. A compulsive blocker of a batsman, Hoggard has an unbeaten first class 89 to his name and is England's regular nightwatchman.

Of the young prospects hoping for some first team action this year all rounders Chris Gilbert and Richard Pyrah have both shown promising early season form.

Darren Gough will certainly have options in the bowling department which will come in handy on long hot days in the field. The bowling support will allow Yorkshire's strike bowlers more of a rest and keep starlet Rashid from being over bowled.

The long batting tail will no doubt produce a greater haul of bonus points and prevent the collapses which have been Yorkshire's downfall in previous years.