RICH Pyrah will take a significant step on the coaching ladder with Yorkshire next month after retiring from the game with immediate effect.

The experienced all-rounder, who is 33 in November, has called time on a professional career which started with a one-day White Rose debut in 2004 and brought him two LV= County Championship medals.

Pyrah played 114 List A, 51 first-class and 105 Twenty20 matches for Yorkshire, with the last of those coming against Gloucestershire in the Royal London Cup one-day semi-final earlier this month.

His stand-out contributions include three first-class centuries and the county's best-ever bowling spell in T20 cricket – 5-16 against Durham at Scarborough.

He also took the catch that sealed last season's Championship title while on the field as a substitute against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.

Pyrah, who has played in the Bradford League for Woodlands and Pudsey Congs, has accepted a job to work with all Yorkshire squads from October 1.

He said: "I have had a wonderful career with Yorkshire and enjoyed every aspect of it. I'm now ready for the next chapter in my life and I have always had aspirations of going into coaching.

"I have successfully done my ECB Level Three and am just about to embark on the Level Four qualification over the next two years.

"I'm ready to offer my experience to every aspect of Yorkshire cricket – from developing the ever-increasing young talent that continues to flourish through age-group cricket and working with the senior players.

"It is an exciting period for me and one that I'm relishing.

"In the past, I have had opportunities to leave the club, but I always wanted to stay even if that was to the detriment of not playing a lot of first-class cricket. I could never see myself working for another county.

"Yorkshire cricket is ingrained in my heart and I'm look forwarding to playing my part in the continued success of this great club."

Yorkshire finish the 2015 campaign this week with a Championship match against relegation-threatened Sussex at Headingley, starting today.

England trio Jonny Bairstow, Liam Plunkett and Adil Rashid are all available.