Gavin Hamilton's future will come under the microscope tomorrow when he plays for Yorkshire

seconds in their opening four-day championship match against Durham at Stamford Bridge.

It will be a tough examination for the 28-year-old all-rounder, who bowled ten wides in 1.4 overs for Yorkshire seconds in a one-day friendly with Lancashire at Elland last Thursday before taking himself off.

On Saturday, Hamilton missed the first hour of East Bierley's match with Hanging Heaton because he was on official Professional Cricketers' Association business at the NatWest Roadshow on Channel 4.

It was two hours into the game before he could bowl and he sent down a couple of expensive overs before being taken off.

Hamilton was axed from Yorkshire's first team early last season when he lost all confidence in his bowling.

Since then he has received psychological help for his problem and during the winter his confidence was restored when he played for the Wanderers club in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Hamilton was coached out there by former Yorkshire opening batsman Richard Lumb, father of the county's current batsman Michael.

Yorkshire have not wanted to hurry Hamilton back into full-scale action but feel the time is right to see how he bowls in a four-day match.

Hamilton, who is looking forward to tomorrow's game, said: "It was disappointing to lose my line at Elland, but I always expected there would be occasions when I did not get it quite right.

"There is not the same sort of pressure in a longer match because you can take more time to bowl yourself in."

Hamilton, upset by speculation that he had just turned up late for East Bierley's match, said: "I told club officials during the week about the roadshow and offered to stand down and let someone else take my place, but they said they were happy to let me arrive late."