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Jacques Rudolph all smiles ahead of his return to Yorkshire colours

Jacques Rudolph resumes his Yorkshire career today as an overseas player after the necessary paperwork was completed over the last 24 hours. I caught up with him ahead of play to welcome him back to the White Rose county...

Jacques – you’re stood here on the Headingley outfield – is it good to be home?

Yes, it’s unbelievable. I thought I was going to take five or six months off cricket but I suppose I’ve missed this place too much and it’s very nice to be back. I’m extremely passionate about Yorkshire, I think everybody knows that, and hopefully I can make a small difference in our current situation.

Was it your idea to come back or did Martyn Moxon give you a ring?

I think it was a bit of both. Galey and I have been speaking over the last couple of months and I’ve always considered with him that I might come back towards the end of the season for a couple of months. Fortunately that’s been realised so I’ve got to try and give my best. I’m still a little jet-lagged but I’ll get over that soon.

There was a bit of red tape to clear too. How certain were you that you were going to get to play in the Roses game?

We were basically just waiting for a NOC from Cricket South Africa. They got their dates wrong a little bit. Fortunately that’s all been cleared now.

You come back in for the Club’s 3,000th Championship game, it’s a Roses match and you know how big they are – looking forward to it?

It’s the perfect game to come back in. I’ve got to get used to the conditions again. The Roses games are always massive. I pride myself on trying to do well in them and hopefully Yorkshire can also come out with a win.

It’s great to see you back here.

Thank you very much.