YORKSHIRE bowler Jack Brooks is keen to match his success of recent years in 2016 – but is determined not to be pigeon-holed as a red ball specialist.

The former Northamptonshire seamer took a combined 133 County Championship wickets in Yorkshire’s back-to-back title wins of 2014 and 2015, finishing as the county’s top wicket-taker on each occasion.

But despite his performances in the longer form of the game, Brooks has struggled to establish himself in limited overs cricket and appeared on just three occasions as the Vikings reached the semi-finals of the Royal London One Day Cup.

He fared little better in the Natwest T20 Blast, having missed out on selection on all but two occasions during the 14-match group stage as Andrew Gale’s side finished eighth of nine sides in the competition’s North Group.

Brooks is keen to put that disappointment behind him, however.

Although he admits a perfect campaign would involve playing a key role in a third successive Championship title, he has a drive to succeed in all formats of the game come the 2016 campaign.

“I don’t want to get ahead of myself,” he said. “I thought about re-evaluating and aiming a bit higher, but I don’t want to put too much more pressure on myself.

“If I took 50 wickets and the team won the league – that would be the perfect scenario.

“To be part of a Championship-winning team again would be brilliant. To play a big part like I have the last two years has been a dream.

“I came here to play all forms of cricket. I don’t want to be pigeon-holed as a four-day bowler,” he added.

“The way four-day cricket has gone, they saved me back a little bit for it. If I practice my skills in one-day cricket, I’m confident.

“I’m not like a Siddy (Ryan Sidebottom), who has just been given the red ball and told not to worry about the white ball.

“But we’ve got a big squad, and there are certain guys who are suited better to certain conditions and different forms of cricket.”