Yorkshire turn back to Younis Khan

Younis Khan, Pakistan's veteran batsman, will join Yorkshire for the early part of the season until the big-hitting Australian Aaron Finch return from IPL duties.

Younis' main focus will be to bolster Yorkshire's Championship batting line-up at a time when the defending champions expect to lose several players to England for the Test tour of the West Indies in April and May. He will be available for the Championship opener against Worcestershire at New Road on April 12.

He might also play Yorkshire's first few matches in the NatWest t20 Blast and Yorkshire will hope this stirs interest in the Pakistan community in Leeds and Bradford that they have long sought to attract through the gates at Headingley with limited success.