How Brexit could stump Yorkshire plans for overseas imports

The club are hoping to tie up a new batting coach in the next fortnight after head-hunting a man with top-level experience.

Yorkshire are also looking to sign two players to strengthen their squad for 2019.

They have been linked with South African pace bowler Duanne Olivier on a possible Kolpak deal, while it is thought that they are in the market for an overseas batsman.

Yorkshire are particularly keen to improve a batting department that has struggled for consistency in recent times.

They missed out on summer targets such as Joe Clarke and Ben Duckett but hope that the recruitment of a batting coach will benefit the club at all playing levels – as well as assist the existing coaching team led by Martyn Moxon and Andrew Gale.

Moxon did not wish to be drawn on the identity of Yorkshire’s various targets but said that the club are working hard to recruit a batting coach, who is not thought to have Yorkshire CCC connections.

“We’ve made an offer to someone and are waiting for him to get back to us,” said Moxon.

“He’s got a few other things in the pipeline and, hopefully, in the next couple of weeks, we’ll get a decision one way or the other.

“I’m pushing for an answer and, if it is him, then he would work through the summer in a consultancy/mentoring capacity across the whole academy, second team and first team.

“He’s not had a huge amount of coaching experience but he would be around all summer