Martyn Moxon dedicated Yorkshire’s Friends Life t20 win over Derbyshire at Chesterfield yesterday to the absent Jason Gillespie following the sudden death of his father in Leeds on Saturday.

The White Rose county’s first-team coach has been given compassionate leave by the club after Gillespie senior, Neil, died of a heart attack whilst holidaying with his son at his home in the Roundhay area of the city. Neil’s wife Vicki is also in England.

Moxon took charge of first-team affairs yesterday and he expects to do so until Jason feels ready to return.

With a likely funeral back in Australia, he is expected to miss this week’s LV= County Championship match against Derbyshire at Chesterfield.

“We’re all devastated by the news and our thoughts go out to him and his family. It’s just a terrible situation. I’m just pleased we’ve been able to win for Dizzy,” said Moxon, Yorkshire’s director of professional cricket.

“I’d imagine he’s going to be away for a little while. There will be funeral arrangements and I don’t know how long that’s going to take. At the end of the day, the cricket will look after itself and we want him to deal with his loss.

“It’s still fresh and new, and we haven’t really had much time to think about it. But the likelihood is that I will try and fill in for Diz whilst he’s away.”

Neil’s mother was of Aboriginal descent and Jason became the first Australian international cricketer of Aboriginal descent when he made his one-day international debut against Sri Lanka in Colombo in 1996.

After this week’s Championship match, Yorkshire have four Twenty20 fixtures between July 21 and 28. They are not in Championship action again until they face Warwickshire at Headingley, starting on August 2.