TIM BRESNAN is hoping Yorkshire’s supporters turn out in force to cheer on the champions in their final LV= County Championship match of the season against Somerset at Headingley, starting on Tuesday.

Bresnan will miss out due to injury, although he will be there every step of the way as the club celebrate a special summer, including a re-presentation of the trophy at the end of the clash.

The England all-rounder is expected to be replaced in the side by Rich Pyrah, although he admits it would not surprise him to see other changes made with one eye on the future.

But, on the flip side, he can also understand the logic of playing as full a strength side as possible as the White Rose aim for win number nine this season.

“Unfortunately I can’t play because I’ve got a grade two tear in my pec (pectoral muscle),” said the 29-year-old, who has taken 30 wickets from ten Championship matches this term and scored 338 runs.

“I’m sure we’ll have a lot of fun on that Friday afternoon when the trophy comes out and we get to show it to all the supporters. I’m sure the atmosphere will be unbelievable.”

Pyrah took the catch that clinched the title at Trent Bridge last Friday, and it was announced on Wednesday that he will follow Bresnan as the county’s beneficiary for next season.

Should he get the nod, it will be his sixth Championship appearance of 2014, the last of which came at the start of the month in the Roses clash against Lancashire at Emirates Old Trafford.

“Rich is averaging just short of 75 with the bat, and that’s a phenomenal effort batting at eight or nine,” added Bresnan.

“I know a few of the lads want to play for personal records. For me, it’s a great opportunity to blood a few young lads. Having said that, it would be very nice to win again and stamp our authority all over it.”

Meanwhile, Ashwell Prince has told a South African radio station that he did not believe Yorkshire captain Andrew Gale’s outburst in the Roses match against him was racial. The remarks are expected to be examined at an ECB hearing next week.

“I took offence at the way he spoke to me. To be quite honest, I didn’t stand there and think that might be a racial slur,” he said. “The ECB feel it has racial connotations, and it’s up to them to do whatever they want.”