WILL RHODES says he should have scored a century during his three-match spell as Yorkshire’s replacement opener for Adam Lyth.

The White Rose all-rounder stood in for Lyth during the opening stages of the LV= County Championship season while his fellow left-hander was away with England in the Caribbean.

Rhodes admits to being satisfied with his contribution of 161 runs from five innings, including a top score of 46 in last week’s draw against Warwickshire.

But the 20-year-old Stamford Bridge player could not hide his frustration at not making the most of a quartet of starts.

“I got a 40 not out at Worcester and a couple of forties since,” said Rhodes, who also scored 29 in the second innings last week.

“It would have been nice, though, to go on and get to a 50. I should have really got a hundred in my own opinion, but I’m generally pleased with how I’ve gone early season.

“I played a poor shot first innings at Worcester, but the way I played second innings was really positive.

“When me and Alex Lees put on a hundred partnership at Worcester, that gave me confidence going into the Notts game and confidence coming into Warwickshire, two really good sides.”

Rhodes has played all five of Yorkshire’s first-class matches this summer, including the champion county fixture against the MCC in March when he hit 61 from the middle order and took three cheap wickets.

But he is far from sure of his place for this weekend’s fourth Championship match against Hampshire at Headingley.

Yorkshire’s quartet of England squad players, Lyth, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Plunkett and Adil Rashid, are all available having not played in the Caribbean.

“We’ve got a very good side here, a lot of strength in depth, and it’s going to be tough getting in all areas of the side, especially with the England lads coming back,” said Rhodes.

“But I’ve not put any pressure on myself. It’s still very early in my career. I’m only three or four games in.

“Team selection is up to Jason Gillespie and Martyn Moxon, but all I can do is put my name in the hat. Hopefully I’ve done that.

“I’ve just gone about my business how I have done over the last couple of years, trained really hard and not taken anything for granted now that I’ve got in the first team.

“Staying in the team and kicking on is probably harder getting into the first team initially.

“Just playing first-team cricket is what I want to do, whether that’s opening, batting in the middle order or batting in the lower order.

“If I’m not selected, I’ll go back to the twos and score a stack full of runs and work my way back in.”

If Rhodes was to miss the Hampshire game, he is likely to return for their trip to Somerset later this month with Lyth almost certain to make his Test debut against New Zealand.