YORKSHIRE director of professional cricket Martyn Moxon has called on his players to be more ruthless when County Championship action gets underway next Tuesday at Durham.

The former England opening batsman was pleased with a useful workout in the drawn University three-day first-class fixture at Cambridge.

The White Rose, who declared their first innings overnight on 346-9, bowled the hosts out for 155 in 59.1 overs.

Yorkshire made it to 64-1 when both sets of players shook hands at 4.50pm.

“As far as County Championship cricket is concerned, what we’re looking to do is be a bit more ruthless when people get to the 30s, 40s,” said Moxon, after watching eight of his players get into double figures in the first innings and only Andrew Gale make it beyond 50.

“In this particular game it worked out ok because everybody got the chance to have a bat. But in an ideal world, in a Championship match, you’d want at least two people to go on and get hundreds.”

Steve Patterson finished with the best bowling figures, 4-41 from 14.1 overs, Matthew Hoggard claimed 3-19 from 13 and Anthony McGrath 2-1 from three.

“I was pleased with the bowling, and the disciplines we’ve shown, although I still want us to be better when partnerships start developing,”

continued Moxon, who saw Cambridge batsman Nick Lee top score with 72.

“We have got to make sure we don’t lose the disciplines we’ve previously had and start leaking runs, letting people off the hook. We’ve got to stick to our lines and lengths.”

All Yorkshire’s bowlers bowled in the first two sessions, with Ajmal Shahzad also claiming a wicket.

But Moxon picked out Matthew Hoggard for a special mention: “I’ve been very pleased with Hoggy’s performance,” he said.

“The signs are there that he is coming into form. He missed some cricket in Abu Dhabi through a virus, so this has been a good workout.”

Hoggard, who is desperate to reclaim his England spot, bowled Chris Grammer, had Akbar Ansari caught at first slip by Rudolph and had Stephen Gray caught behind by Gerard Brophy.

“If he is going to play for England again he needs to take wickets. I am more concerned about what he does for us,” added Moxon.

Captain McGrath then decided not to enforce the follow- on, electing for some more batting practice instead of going for the win in the final session.