The Yorkshire Cricket Board XI are preparing to face a hot blast from Darren Gough in their NatWest Trophy third round local derby clash with the full Yorkshire side at Harrogate tomorrow.

There was never any suggestion of Gough resting up after his five wicket haul for England against the West Indies last week and Yorkshire are taking the match so seriously that they will field what they consider to be their strongest side.

That means Gough has been added to the Phoenix team which beat Kent Spitfires by 24 runs in Division One of the Norwich Union National League at Headingley on Sunday.

"For the first time this season all our players are fit and available and we have got a full squad to choose from," said director of coaching Martyn Moxon.

"Just because we are playing our own YCB team doesn't mean we will not be going flat out to win," he added.

"The NatWest Trophy is the premier knockout competition and our sole aim is to make it through to the final.

"We will be treating this game just as if it were a Roses match and we will not be letting the YCB off lightly.

"They have got some very experienced players in their side who are quite capable of either scoring runs or taking wickets and we certainly don't want to be embarrassed by them."

The reward for the winners of the game is a likely visit to Northamptonshire, who tomorrow play the Durham Cricket Board at Riverside, in the fourth round on July 5.

Although Gough will be the big attraction at St George's Road the Board XI will be just as fearful of a damaging spell from left-arm paceman Ryan Sidebottom, who last week captured career-best figures of 11 for 43 in the Championship win over Kent.

"Everything really clicked in that game and I felt I was bowling faster than every before and also I was moving the ball both ways," explained Sidebottom.

"On the pre-season tour of Australia I practised bowling off a shorter run and it felt pretty good but then I struggled to get the rhythm right at the start of our season.

"I felt I bowled really well against Surrey in the Benson and Hedges Cup but then I went down with a groin injury.

"Things really went well on my return and I am now working hard on trying to maintain my good form for the rest of the season."

With Sidebottom doing so well there is no room in Yorkshire's side for Paul Hutchison, who is still working on remodelling his action. Anthony McGrath cannot squeeze in either after recovering from the knee injury which has prevented him playing in a match so far.

Three of the Board side have had experience of playing for Yorkshire in Richard Kettleborough, who has returned to Sheffield Collegiate after two unsuccessful seasons with Middlesex, and left-arm spinners Matthew Doidge and Paul Booth.