YORKSHIRE have signed Josh Poysden on a three-year-deal from Warwickshire.

The leg-spinner, who recorded figures of 1-37 for the county in the Specsavers County Championship victory over Lancashire at Emirates Old Trafford last month, will initially re-join on-loan for the remainder of the 2018 season.

The 27-year-old has taken 27 wickets from 12 First-Class matches, including two five-wicket hauls. With the white ball, Poysden has impressive economy rates of 5.96 in List A cricket and 7.53 in T20s.

Director of Cricket Martyn Moxon said: “We are delighted that Josh has signed a three-year contract at Yorkshire and will join us on loan until the end of the season.

“Following on from Josh’s previous loan move, we believe that his skillset will compliment and strengthen our bowling attack in our remaining six championship fixtures.

“We are still in negotiations with Adil Rashid regarding 2019 and our complete spin bowling squad will be announced in due course.”

Poysden has had limited opportunities at Warwickshire with Jeetan Patel leading the spin attack and cannot wait to contribute to future success at Emerald Headingley.

“I’m really delighted,” Poysden said. “It is massively exciting to be joining Yorkshire, a Club with a massive history and lots of top class players. I’m looking forward to hopefully contributing to some big wins for the Club over the next three years.”

After already representing the White Rose this summer, Poysden is no stranger to the Yorkshire dressing room and is pleased to have already contributed to a victory in a Roses game.

Poysden added: “Whenever you represent a Club, you have to learn about the Club and its history. One of the lads at Warwickshire, Oliver Hannon-Dalby, helped me to get up to scratch with the Yorkshire history and all about the lads.

“I really enjoyed the one game loan. When I came in, the lads were nice and all really welcoming. It was brilliant playing with the international players like Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow and Kane Williamson. It was a great experience but most importantly, getting a win in the Roses game was a great way to start my Yorkshire career.”

The Sussex-born spinner has clear aspirations for what he would like to achieve in his time at Yorkshire and hopes to be part of a winning side.

Poysden continued by saying: “I would like to contribute to as much success for the Club as I can. For any cricketer, winning trophies is what you aspire to do. Yorkshire have done this a lot in their recent and bigger history, so if I can contribute to the Club winning some trophies, that will definitely be a great marker of success.”

Poysden will be eligible to play from Sunday when Yorkshire host Worcestershire at Scarborough in the Specsavers County Championship.

GRAHAM HARDCASTLE