Lehmann in and Sidebottom out

Colin Graves, Yorkshire's chief executive, promised a major shake-up after a disappointing season - and the first round of changes were announced yesterday. Darren Lehmann will return as an overseas player next summer while Darren Gough will remain at the club. But Ryan Sidebottom and Gavin Hamilton, who both won one England cap, are leaving.

Lehmann was a key figure in Yorkshire's Championship win in 2001, and he led the side the following year when they were relegated to Division Two. No decision has yet been taken on whether he will be given the captaincy again, but Graves confirmed that his return was "sorted out, agreed and signed".

Gough has a year left on his contract and will be staying to fulfil that. Graves said: "I want people who will run through a wall for us. I had long discussions with Darren last week and I've got his commitment that that is what he wants to do."

Meanwhile Sidebottom, who played one Test for England against Pakistan in 2001, has asked to leave and has already started talks with other clubs. In a statement, he said it was a real wrench to be leaving, adding: "It is my aspiration to build on the success I have had with Yorkshire and to win back my place in the England Test team."

But while Sidebottom can look forward to a new challenge, the future isn't so bright for Hamilton, another one-Test wonder. Hamilton, who had an attack of the bowling yips, has been struggling for form recently and has played only three Championship matches in the last two seasons. He was the star of Scotland's World Cup campaign in 1999 - he scored more runs than any England batsman managed in the tournament - and toured South Africa with England that winter, winning his one and only Test cap at Johannesburg, where he bagged a pair and failed to take a wicket.