TIM BRESNAN is hoping the winter remedial work on his approach to the bowling crease can prolong his career.

The Yorkshire all-rounder has made an impressive start to the new season with 14 wickets from three LV= County Championship matches.

Bresnan has taken the new ball in the absence of injured Ryan Sidebottom since halfway through the opening round win against Worcestershire at New Road last month.

And earlier this week, the 30-year-old was recalled to England’s one-day squad for their one-off clash with Ireland in Malahide a week today.

Bresnan has not played an international in any format since featuring against Bangladesh at the World Twenty20 in Chittagong last March, although a busy winter did see him travel to South Africa with the Lions.

Bresnan has suffered numerous injury problems throughout his career, including a pectoral muscle strain ruling him out of two of the last three Championship matches last season.

During the winter, however, he has worked hard with Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie on straightening up his run-up in order to minimise the strain on his body and to help to gain more swing.

“I’ve been working on the straight line that I’m in now, and it’s pretty good,” he said.

“There’s no jumping out in my run-up, I’m in a straight line, and it takes a lot of pressure off the back, off the shoulder and the elbow and the pec (pectorals), all the areas where I have been struggling in previous years.

“Me and Diz (coach Jason Gillespie) just sat down, and I’ve realised that I can’t get away with forcing it down now I’m getting a bit older having had the injuries that I’ve had, the problems with the elbow and tearing the pec and things like that.

“It’s something that can take the pressure off from an action point of view. It’s beneficial for my longevity.”

Bresnan, who took a first five-wicket haul since May 2012 against Warwickshire this week, has had to get used to the changes in his game during a winter which also included a spell of Big Bash Twenty20 cricket with Hobart Hurricanes.

“It’s not really a big change, I suppose, but it’s a decent change,” he said. “It’s kind of going back to where I was when I was younger, 19 or 20, with my position at the crease.

“If you look at most of my international stuff, it’s run in, jump out and use the shoulder and strength to get it down rather than having a nice rhythm and getting a bit more side on and those sorts of things.

“Me and Dizzy just worked in the Indoor School before I went away to the Big Bash and then to South Africa with the Lions.

“When I came back, I worked a lot on it in Abu Dhabi because it’s easier to do on grass. I’m feeling pretty good, so hopefully I will keep that going.”

Bresnan is the joint second leading wicket-taker in division one.

He has the same number of victims as Durham seamer Chris Rushworth, who has only played two matches, and is six behind former White Rose team-mate Ajmal Shahzad.

Shahzad has enjoyed an excellent to start to life as a Sussex player with two four-wicket hauls and a five-for in three matches.