YORKSHIRE'S fast bowling debutant Mitch Claydon, struck with his 12th delivery at Trent Bridge yesterday when the Championship match against Nottinghamshire finally got started after tea on the second day.

But only 14 overs were possible before bad light ended play with Nottinghamshire on 69-1 after Yorkshire had put them in to bat.

Claydon dismissed Notts skipper Jason Gallian when he flirted outside off-stump and was caught behind by another Yorkshire debutant Gerard Brophy.

There was excellent news for Yorkshire yesterday when it was officially announced that Headingley, which missed out on an Ashes Test last year, will definitely stage one in 2009.

But the news that Cardiff has joined the Test match list of grounds and will also stage an Ashes Test was greeted with dismay by Lancashire because Old Trafford will not be hosting Australia.

Yorkshire are benefiting from the 15-year staging agreement for Test matches at Headingley which was conditional upon them buying the ground by the end of last year.

Now they can look forward to a run of top Tests with Pakistan due there later this summer, followed by the West Indies in 2007, South Africa in 2008 and then Australia.

Updated: 10:09 Friday, April 21, 2006