I am eventually back playing cricket again after three months on the sidelines with a bad hamstring and calf injury. With no 2nd XI cricket or practice I was selected for the Yorkshire Twenty/20 side to play against Leicestershire at Grace Road.

Things have gone from bad to worse since my last article! Having recovered from the tear of my hamstring, I was selected to play for Yorkshire 2nd XI vs Notts and was told a decent knock and I would be back in the 1st team.

We are now three weeks into the season and things have gone well from a team point of view and a personal point of view.

The competitive season starts this Sunday with a Sky Sports fixture vs Durham at the Riverside ground. Unfortunately I will not be available for selection due to a grade 2 tear of my right hamstring.

We have just started back in full time training. The first day back holds a gruesome fitness test that all the boys dread.

On the 11th of February I flew to India, Mohali to attend the Global Cricket Academy. I was there with all the Yorkshire batsmen and a couple of the spinners to get some pre-season batting under my belt.

I flew out to India on 11th February for a week long batting clinic in Mohali with the other batsmen from the Yorkshire squad.

To introduce myself I am Andrew Gale and am currently a professional cricketer with Yorkshire County Cricket Club. I have been with the club for the last five years and have come right through the junior ranks before making my debut 3 years ago. Since then I have been a regular in the one day format and now hope to cement a place in the championship side. I have also represented England at U15 and U19 level.