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You can take the boy out of Yorkshire, but you can’t take Yorkshire out of the boy. Listening to John Sadler, the county’s new men's batting coach, talk about his return to Headingley this winter and it’s a cliche which springs immediately to mind.

Jonny Bairstow has reflected on the Yorkshire men’s pre-season tour, which concluded at the weekend and said: “As a group, we’re building nicely towards what will hopefully be an exciting summer.”

As the Yorkshire men’s pre-season tour of Abu Dhabi came to a close against Somerset earlier today, Anthony McGrath looked ahead to the new season and said with real confidence: “Anything’s possible.”