Sri Lanka first-class Rangana signs for Scholes

league’s leading all-rounders while Louis also opens the bowling), Josh steps up having impressed in recent seasons with his swing bowling and following the resignation of skipper James Noble.

Noble decided to stand down after completing his list of honours by lifting the Sykes Cup last season, for only the second time in the club’s history, although he will continue to play as part of the batting department.

Scholes made Noble a life member for his services to the club and in recognition of his successes as skipper.

Also joining the Scholes batting line-up is former Yorkshire agegroup player Yaasar Imtiaz, who has signed from Kirkburton.

He played Second XI cricket for Yorkshire in 2015 and 2016 and was part of the Academy, emerging initially at Birkby Rose Hill and being an outstanding junior – skippering the Yorkshire and North of England Under 17s.

After playing only 11 Drakes League matches last season, the Scholes move presents a fresh start for a player who was also 12th man for Yorkshire Vikings in 2015 as they prepared for the NatWest T20 Blast campaign. DAVID WARNER will remain in his post as Australia’s vicecaptain as the fallout continued from his ugly off-field spat with South Africa wicketkeeperbatsman Quinton de Kock.

CCTV footage emerged on Monday of a seemingly furious Warner attempting to remonstrate with De Kock in the stairwell outside the players’ respective dressing rooms during the tea interval on day four of the first Test at Durban.

After Australia sealed a 118-run victory, the focus was squarely on who or what caused the bust-up, with recriminations on both sides as both Warner and De Kock were accused of making alleged derogatory comments of a personal nature.

The matter is now in the hands of the International Cricket Council, but Warner has the full backing of Australia coach Darren Lehmann.

“He’s vice-captain of the Australian cricket team. We’re certainly supporting David,” Lehmann told Cricket Australia’s official website: “

“We want to play a way that gets us success and for us we’ve just got to make sure we don’t cross the line, that’s the key.”