TIM Bresnan hopes his spell as an overseas player with Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League can help Yorkshire improve as a Twenty20 team.

The Vikings all-rounder flies to Tasmania on Boxing Day to replace West Indies star Darren Sammy for the second half of Australia's premier T20 competition, with an expected debut on Wednesday, January 7.

Bresnan was a World Twenty20 winner with England in 2010 but believes he still has a lot to learn about the game's shortest format, which in turn can boost his county in 2015 and beyond.

Yorkshire showed signs of significant improvement as a T20 team last summer after a nightmare 2013, yet they still missed out on the quarter-finals after losing a nail-biting final group game against Nottinghamshire at Headingley.

Limited-overs success is an obvious aim for future seasons after claiming their first LV= County Championship title for 13 years in September.

"It will be a great experience and I'm sure I'll be able to take some of the plans and systems Hobart implement and bring them back with me," said 29-year-old Bresnan.

"I'm guessing a lot of things will be the same but any of the one per centers I can learn from them could help me and the lads back here.

"They've got a number of players who have played a lot of T20 cricket domestically, as well as internationally.

"Hobart have got a really strong squad, who made the Champions League earlier this year, so hopefully it's the same again from the boys and we can secure a place in that competition again.

"I'm really looking forward to it. Some warm weather will be great and getting outside playing some cricket is fantastic at this time of year.

"It beats running up Weetwood at 9am until your eyes bleed. That's not my idea of fun!"

After returning to England in late January, Bresnan's attention will return to Yorkshire's bid to build on last season's success.

But he accepts it will be a tougher task, with a number of players in contention for England's Test series in the Caribbean through April and early May.

Bresnan said: "That's the drawback of being a successful side. Individuals stepped up and have been noticed, making it a tougher task the next season.

"It remains to be seen who they'll take over to the West Indies – maybe Adam (Lyth), Adil (Rashid) and Alex (Lees).

"But we've just got to combat that with the young lads stepping up from the Academy and second team, and the other senior players doing the same."