Change at Yorkshire will come in the form of a brand new coaching structure. All of Yorkshire's current coaching staff, bar director of professional cricket Martyn Moxon, have been told to reapply for their jobs in a move that will see five become four.

All of Yorkshire's current coaching staff, bar director of professional cricket Martyn Moxon, have been told to reapply for their jobs in a move that will see five become four.

First-team coach Craig White, batting coach Kevin Sharp, academy director/bowling coach Steve Oldham, operations manager Ian Dews and second-team/assistant bowling coach John Blain must all send their applications in by next Thursday.

The new positions being created are a senior coach to work primarily with first team alongside Moxon and captain Andrew Gale.

Another senior coach will oversee the club's second XI, although he will be used in other areas, including the firsts, when required.

A director of cricket development will be appointed as the head of the club's successful academy, while the fourth position will be a development manager to report to the director of cricket development.

Interviews for the first three roles will take place at Headingley on Monday 31 October, while the development manager will only be appointed once the director of cricket development has been named.

External applications are being welcomed, which means more than one of the existing quintet could leave Headingley.

There were some calls for Moxon to stand down during the most recent summer, in which Yorkshire suffered relegation from the LV= County Championship and disappointment in the two one-day competitions.

But this is concrete confirmation that the 51 year-old former England opening batsman has the backing of chairman Colin Graves and the club's board.

The move has been designed to ease the workload on Moxon, who has spent time in recent seasons away from first-team cricket and with either the seconds, the Academy or on player scouting duty.

It would be a surprise to see White, who turned down a job at Warwickshire two winters ago, leave the club, although the new role of the first-team coach will surely carry more responsibility than it does at present.

As for the others, you could argue a case for any of them leaving the county.

Meanwhile, Ajmal Shahzad has been forced to withdraw from England's Performance Programme squad due to an ankle injury, which requires surgery.