AARON Finch has revealed his pride at Yorkshire’s LV= County Championship title success last summer – and now he wants to be involved in more four-day glory this year.

The Australian batsman was expected to make his first Championship appearance of 2015 today against Nottinghamshire at Headingley, although Yorkshire are being cautious with his fitness after only just returning from a hamstring injury.

He has played three Twenty20 matches in the last nine days since arriving in England and he will play second XI cricket against Worcestershire this week.

Yorkshire will go into their Championship match without an overseas player as they are not considering Glenn Maxwell for selection.

Finch, 28-years-old, played five Championship matches for Yorkshire last season, scoring 291 runs with one hundred and one fifty before leaving for international duty at the end of July.

“I was really proud of the boys and so happy for them. I know how hard they worked throughout the year. I kept in touch with them, and it was an amazing achievement,” said the right-hander.

“With the way we’ve started this year, to go back-to-back is not unrealistic.

“It’s just a little bit tighter at the top. We’re still only a handful of points off top spot. I don’t think that’s a concern. If you play good cricket, you can set up an exciting finish. Hopefully, Yorkshire’s well out in front and it doesn’t have to be that exciting, though.

“I think we’ve shown some real good signs of positive cricket. That’s what wins titles. When you play aggressive cricket, you can pull wins out of nowhere. That’s what you need.”

Finch could now play in five Championship matches before linking up with Australia’s limited overs squads at the end of August.

Yorkshire have won three and drawn three of their six matches so far. They are third and within 33 points of leaders Durham, who have played eight. The pair meet at Emirates Durham next week.

“We’re sat really well in the league, given we’re only playing to 60 or 70 percent of our capability,” said captain Andrew Gale.

“I still think we’ve got a lot left in the tank. I’ve said that to the boys. When we do, it might come at just the right time. We’re almost sitting under radar without many people talking about us. That’s nice.

“In both facets, we’ve not been as ruthless as we’d like. Against Middlesex in our last match, although we won it, we had opportunities with the bat to get a good lead and put them out of the game.

“No one’s really, apart from Jack Leaning and Jonny Bairstow, got going with the bat. We’ve been a bit stop-start.

“With the ball, we’ve gone through patches where we’ve not bowled well. Down at Taunton, for example, we were good in patches, poor in patches. We know we’ve got to be more consistent.”

Notts are having a poor season. Even though they finished third last season, they were Yorkshire’s closest challengers for the title.

But they have only won one of seven matches this season, losing three and drawing three, and they sit second bottom and in early danger of relegation.