Yorkshire have already received a shoal of applications for the two new posts of head of professional cricket and director of cricket development.

Among the latest to apply is former Yorkshire and England fast bowler Chris Old, who currently runs a fish restaurant in Cornwall.

Middlesbrough-born Old, 58, has applied for both advertised jobs but he is particularly keen to be deeply involved with the first team.

Old was undoubtedly one of Yorkshire's finest fast bowlers, taking 647 first class wickets for the county in 222 matches at a miserly 20.72 runs apiece, while in 46 Test matches he claimed 143 wickets at 28.11.

He played for Yorkshire between 1966-82 and has first-hand experience of all the controversies which appear to go hand-in-hand with being associated with the White Rose county.

In 1981, for instance, he was appointed captain but, in June of the following summer, he was suddenly ousted because of a run of poor results and replaced at the age of 50 by Ray Illingworth, who was managing the club at the time.

Yorkshire's chief executive Stewart Regan confirmed there had been a very good response for both posts and that the applications included several top names.

Former South African pace ace Allan Donald was among the first to put his name forward to take charge of the players at all levels.

"The deadline for applications is January 21 and at the moment we are just sifting through the applications we have received and acknowledging them," said Regan.

Meanwhile, Yorkshire's 19-year-old left-hander Adam Lyth, from Whitby, has received a late call-up for the England Under-19s tour of Malaysia from January 23 to February 24.

He has been chosen as a replacement for Surrey's Rory Hamilton-Brown, who has gone down with a shoulder injury.

Yorkshire wicketkeeper-batsman Greg Wood, from Huddersfield, was originally chosen as vice-captain for the tour but will now take over as skipper from Hamilton-Brown.

Lyth did well for Yorkshire Seconds last season and he made his first team debut in the final Pro-40 League match against Hampshire at Headingley when he hit 23.

In addition to their two-day friendly fixture with Derbyshire at Headingley on April 10 and 11, Yorkshire have now arranged a one-day practice match with Durham at Riverside on April 13.