Gillespie joins Lehmann at Yorkshire

Jason Gillespie, the Australian fast bowler, will represent Yorkshire in the northern summer as the county's second Australian overseas professional alongside Darren Lehmann. Gillespie has committed himself to the County Championship and one-day competitions, but he has opted out of the Twenty20 Cup because he doesn't enjoy the format.

"I've got a few weeks off then I'm off to Yorkshire and looking forward to it ... it'll be my first time with an English county," Gillespie told AAP. "I will play the full season but I probably won't play much Twenty 20 because I don't like the game and it's probably not suited to someone like me who can't bat and field."

Gillespie, who was left out of the Australian squad after a disastrous Ashes tour in 2005, hit a purple patch in the Australian domestic season with 40 wickets in nine Pura Cup games, including three five-wicket hauls. He was also overlooked for the Test series in South Africa when the selectors recalled Michael Kasprowicz to the bowling line-up, which was short of experience in the absence of Glenn McGrath.

Gillespie has fond memories of Headingley, the Yorkshire home ground. In 1997 he demolished England with 7 for 37 to guide Australia to victory.