Outgoing chief executive Stewart Regan has promised Yorkshire’s members and supporters that the White Rose county will not be cutting back on their playing budget.

Regan starts his final week at Headingley tomorrow ahead of his move to the Scottish Football Association at the start of next month.

And, despite insisting the club are on safe financial ground, Regan has admitted that savings still need to be made in light of the current economic climate.

But he said: “The one thing we have never done is scrimp on the cricket budget.

“We will continue to invest in cricket, and the chairman (Colin Graves) has announced he will continue to support the playing budget personally.

“There will be no slashing of the cricket budget, and we are already in discussions with a number of players about new contracts.

“We are cutting back and making savings. Yes, a number of people have been released (from the office staff), and we will continue to run a tight ship long after I go.

“But I think we have a sound platform, and I do not envisage widescale redundancy packages.

“We have made a number or savings through natural wastage, but that is it. The club have not got a big head count anyway.”

Yorkshire’s potential signing of England bowler Ryan Sidebottom is an indication that the club are still desperate for on-field success.

Regan has spent four-and-a-half years at Headingley, and the spotlight has been on him more than ever over the last six months with constant talk of money matters.

But he continued: “As I leave, I know it is more solid than it was a couple of months ago, but there was never any fear or panic of things going wrong.

“This club has been around since 1863, and there were never any worries about it going to the wall or anything silly like that.

“Cash is still tight, but we are now in a strong financial position. We have renegotiated all of our bills and the chairman has continued to underwrite our debt. We are solid.

“Yorkshire is not unique in this current climate - there are thousands of companies who are doing exactly what we are.”

The club, who have recently built the brand new £21m Carnegie Pavilion in partnership with Leeds Metropolitan University, were left concerned by disastrous ticket sales for July’s neutral Test between Pakistan and Australia.

But a bumper 18,500 crowd for the one-day international between England and Pakistan last weekend has given them breathing space.

Regan added: “After the Test match, finances were tight from a cashflow point of view.

“Ticket sales for Pakistan v Australia were poor, and there was a big strain on the club’s finances.

“But we’ve just had a very strong one-day international with a full house, and that has gone some way to help because we beat our budget.

“I have no doubt that the club will come through the next 18 months with guaranteed England cricket after that.”