Yorkshire’s new overseas signing Tino Best says he is delighted to have finally arrived in the United Kingdom and admits that Darren Gough is his cricketing hero.

The West Indian quickie joined up with his new team-mates on day two of their LV= County Championship clash against Kent, after an early-morning arrival at Gatwick Airport.

“Yorkshire are one of my favourite teams because of the way Goughy used to play”, confirmed the 28-year- old, who had been stuck in the Caribbean because of the volcanic eruption in Iceland.

Best, who has 28 Test and 13 one-day international wickets for his country, has initially been signed until the end of May, but admits he wants to stay longer.

“I would love to be here for five or six months, and hopefully if I can play well for Yorkshire. Then my chances of getting back into the West Indies team will be improved."

The paceman should make his debut in Sunday's ECB 40- over competition opener at Essex - where he will be hoping to be involved in a better performance than on day two at Canterbury.

By the close, Yorkshire had slumped to 280 for eight – still 37 runs short of their hosts’ first-innings total.

Under unbroken sunshine, the top order was blown away to leave the Tykes’ on 120 for six before Bradford-born Adil Rashid and Jonathan Bairstow put on a seventh-wicket partnership of 126 to give them hope.

Between them they struck 14 boundaries until Kent took the new ball, so troublesome in this match, with ten overs left to oust them both.

Bairstow was the first to depart after making 70, when he became Amjad Khan’s second victim of the game, before Rashid went just nine balls later for 59 to give Azhar Mahmood a third victim.

Fortunately, Ajmal Shahzad (12) and David Wainwright (16) sensibly navigated the remaining nine overs of play to see Yorkshire through to the close.

The county appear to be involved in another battle back at Headingley as well.

They have announced they are meeting with the ECB chairman Giles Clarke next week about financial support - because of worries about the long-term sustainability of Test-match venues.