YORKSHIRE seamer Josh Shaw is certain that he has returned from his loan spell at Gloucestershire as a wiser cricketer, and hopefully a better one too.

Shaw, 20-years-old, was handed the opportunity to work with Richard Dawson, regarded as one of county cricket’s brightest head coaches, and his assistant Ian Harvey.

Both have strong Yorkshire links, and the former England under 19s bowler was only too happy to tap into their knowledge before returning to his home county last week following their unavailability crisis.

“I can’t thank Daws and Harv enough down there,” he said, having taken two wickets in the Championship draw against Durham last week.

“They did more than enough to help my game.

“It was great to speak to Ian Harvey about bowling. He had a great record when he played. Talking to him about bowling tactics was really great.

“I’ve had three of the very best coaches to work, including Jason Gillespie.

“Coming back to Yorkshire, I know a lot more than I did when I went down there in March.

“Daws has been very important for me.

“He sent me a text before the Durham game and reminded me about what we were talking about down there. Being nice and smooth in my run up and being confident.”

After 17 wickets in seven Division Two matches for Gloucester, Shaw was recalled by Yorkshire, and he has played their last two first-class fixtures, including against Pakistan A this week.

There is an option for him to return to Nevil Road later in the summer when the likes of Ryan Sidebottom, Jack Brooks and Matthew Fisher regain fitness.

“If I’m playing every week here at Yorkshire, I’m certainly happy here. But I enjoyed Gloucester, and we’ll have to see how it goes,” he said.

“I think it was very successful. Being able to gain experience playing first-class cricket, and even moving away from home for a little while was really good.

“I thought it was a really good opportunity for me.

“I had a long chat with my parents about it. My dad’s (Chris, the former Yorkshire seamer) played a little bit, so I was always keen to get his thoughts on it. In the end, it would have been stupid to miss.

“The last two months has taught me to be a bit more patient with the ball.

“In second-team cricket you can look to take wickets every ball, almost, but it’s not going to happen in first-class cricket.

“You’ve got to be more patient, hold your line. You may bowl an amazing spell but not get any wickets. Next time you might bowl some drag downs and get two-for.

“It’s all about getting experience for me now. I was pretty happy with how I bowled at Durham. A couple more wickets may have been handy, but hopefully I can build on it if I play against Middlesex at Scarborough.”

Shaw returned first-innings figures of 3-58 from 16.4 overs against Pakistan A, a four-day match which ended in a draw at Headingley yesterday due to wet weather.

The final day was a complete washout and called off just after 1pm.

Yorkshire are back in NatWest T20 Blast action against Lancashire at Headingley tomorrow, starting at 6.30pm.

Yorkshire will give Jack Leaning a late fitness test on the right ankle injury he sustained whilst fielding against Pakistan A.

They remain hopeful the middle order batsman will recover in time to face Lancashire after scans showed his injury isn’t as bad as first feared.