Yorkshire skipper Darren Gough will decide late tomorrow whether his hand injury has recovered sufficiently for him to lead the Tykes in their opening Twenty20 Cup game against holders Leicestershire at Grace Road on Friday(5.40pm).

Gough is seeing a specialist for a progress report on the broken bone in his right hand and is determined to play in the televised match if at all possible.

It is still less than a fortnight since Gough sustained the injury during the Championship match with Kent at Tunbridge Wells and the original prognosis was that he would be out of action for at least a month.

But after batting and bowling in Yorkshire's internal Twenty20 practice match at Headingley Carnegie on Wednesday,, Gough said: "I always thought I could be back sooner than that and I hope to be able to play an extensive part in the competition."

Yorkshire may have Gough in their side for more Twenty20 matches than they expected but the opposite applies to Younus Khan, who has been chosen by Pakistan for two one-day internationals in Scotland on July 1 and 3.

Director of cricket Martyn Moxon has now discovered that Younus will join up with his Pakistan team-mates next Wednesday and that a second day has been put aside for the matches in case of rain.

Younus could be away, therefore, until July 5 and the likelihood is he will miss up to five matches.