Fit-again all-rounder Rich Pyrah has urged his Yorkshire team-mates to avoid the sluggish start of previous seasons as they bid for Friends Life t20 glory.

Pyrah will make his first-team return from the broken hand he suffered during the first week of the summer when the White Rose tackle Durham at Headingley tomorrow (5.40pm).

Yorkshire’s struggles in Twenty20 cricket have been well documented, with them rarely having gained a foothold in the competition.

But, with tomorrow's clash being the first of three North Division fixtures in four days, they have a chance to do just that after losing five of their first nine last year.

“We’ve always started very slowly in this competition, and we’ve always been fighting back. It’s important that we start strong and get a head start on everyone else,” said a confident Pyrah.

“We’ve got a good squad this year. Competition for places is high, and you’re going to have to perform because of it.

“We’ve got different plans, we’ve got specific plans. Every player knows what they’re doing, and I think you’ll see some exciting cricket.

“Individually, players have done well in the past - we just don’t seem to have gelled as a team. We haven’t performed consistently enough. It’s about time we did.”

It is ten weeks since Pyrah suffered his injury.

He has been playing second-team cricket sporadically for the last three weeks, but admitted: “I could have actually been back a bit earlier, but the way the weather’s been means that I haven’t had too much second-team cricket.

“It’s been a frustrating time for me, but it’s good to be back.

“I’m determined to make up for lost time during the second half of the season, starting with Twenty20. It’s a competition that’s gone pretty well for me over the last four or five years, so it’s important that I keep performing and improving.”

Yorkshire (from): Gale, Ashraf, Ballance, Brophy, Jaques, Lyth, Miller, Pyrah, Rafiq, Rashid, Root, Sidebottom, Starc, Wardlaw.