JACK Leaning already thinks winning two Championship titles in his first two years as a first-team cricketer with Yorkshire is "surreal" – but now he is desperate to make it a hat-trick.

The York batsman is preparing for a summer which he expects to be his toughest yet, due to the strength of the Specsavers County Championship Division One.

He spent the first part of the winter with his feet up at home before returning to Sydney grade club Sutherland.

The 22-year-old, who scored 922 Championship runs in 2015 with three hundreds, also wants to build on last year's encouraging personal form in limited-overs cricket.

Leaning said: "It's been a great experience so far for me. Some people go through their whole careers and aren't lucky enough to win one Championship, so to win two in my first two years as a pro is pretty surreal really.

"To play cricket for a living is great fun and a dream come true – and I'm enjoying every minute of it.

"This year is going to be good. The league will be as tough as I've played in so far but I'm looking forward to the challenge. Hopefully the boys can win three in a row and I can have some personal success along the way.

"I want to produce in all forms for Yorkshire, not just four-day cricket. This winter, I've worked on tightening my technique up and a few one-day skills. Hopefully I'll have a good season in the one-day format."

Leaning has spent the last three winters with the Sutherland club but he travelled to Australia a bit later than usual this time.

The right-hander said: "Last season was a tough one for me, both mentally and physically. Playing a full season of first-team cricket is tough. It's thoroughly enjoyable but it does take it out of you.

"I just needed a couple of months off to recharge the batteries and almost get away from cricket. I wanted to chill out and it did me the world of good.

"I went away raring to go for their season out there and then came back here to Yorkshire still very fresh."

Leaning scored his three Championship tons in his first seven matches of last season but only added one half-century in the next eight.

Although he impressed in one-day and, in particular, Twenty20 cricket last year, he put part of his dip in four-day form down to switching between formats so quickly.

He said: "I found it quite tough. At the start of the season you play a big block of four-day matches and then, when the T20s and one-dayers come along, it chops and changes.

"It's something that I've been working on and I hope I've found a method to switch between the two. It's all about training. I've tried not to train too differently and just be a bit more specific.

"Just because it's Twenty20 practice, it doesn't mean you have to try and hit every ball out of the park. Likewise, if it's four-day cricket you don't have to leave and block everything. There's a happy medium between the two and, hopefully, that will work."