Skipper Lees drops himself before abandonment

Yorkshire's limited overs captain Alex Lees announced his intention to drop himself barely a month into the job before the NatWest Blast tie against Nottinghamshire was abandoned because of rain as the wettest June for years threatens to put a dampener on the competition.

Less, the youngest professional to be appointed as a full-time Yorkshire captain since Lord Hawke, called his decision "a no brainer".

He said the decision was inevitable because of the availability of Root and Bairstow coupled with the form of Adam Lyth, who struck two Royal London Cup hundreds in successive days against Northants and Lancashire earlier this week.

New Zealand's captain Kane Williamson was put in charge before steady rain at Headingley denied the North Group's bottom two sides the chance to lift their ailing NatWest T20 Blast campaigns in a match chock a block with England stars including Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root and Notts' Alex Hales.

"For me, it was a no-brainer," said Lees. "Obviously Rooty and Jonny come back into the team, so two had to miss out there. Adam comes into the team. You can't not play somebody who's just scored back-to-back hundreds off 60 balls.

"It's just a gentle reminder to everyone that nobody's bigger than this club and going forward, we want to put out the best team that we can."

Meanwhile, Yorkshire plan to pay tribute to Jo Cox MP, who was killed by an attacker in her Batley and Spen constituency on Thursday with a minute's silence and the players wearing black armbands in their match against Derbyshire on Sunday.