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Which Yorkshire player has the lowest bowling average in post-war Test cricket? Not a bad quiz question and one which will stump more than a few. The answer is Anthony McGrath, whose four wickets at 14 beats Bob Appleyard's 31 at 17.87 and Fred Trueman's 307 at 21.57.

However, McGrath talks down his medium-pace outswingers and is concentrating on making 1,000 first-class runs in a season for the first time - his failure to do so previously making for an equally surprising statistic. He came within a single in 1996 but loss of form and a season as England's head waiter deprived him of the opportunity and of the Yorkshire captaincy.

"Being with England in 2003 certainly advanced my learning and I think I'm a better player now than when I was selected," he says, "because you pick up so many things from the other lads and the coaches. Not getting to 1,000 hasn't really bothered me because I haven't played much cricket in the last two seasons." McGrath averaged more than 40 in both those years. "And it was fair enough to give up the skipper's job because you need to be there all the time.

"We've had a couple of disappointing seasons but played well this summer from unpromising positions and the most important thing for me and the team is promotion." And the bowling? "It's a nice distinction and I'm OK as a fill-in bowler but I don't think I'm quite in the same class of the others."

Moment of the month Making 400 in the last innings to beat Leicestershire at Scarborough.