MATTHEW Fisher has taken advice from a Division One rival as he gets ready to become the sixth youngest LV= County Championship debutant in Yorkshire history this weekend.

The 17-year-old seamer is likely to fill injured Ryan Sidebottom's boots against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge on Sunday after impressing the White Rose hierarchy last summer and through the winter.

Instead of touring Australia with England Under-19s, Fisher travelled to Abu Dhabi with his county last month in order to be around senior cricket, where he spoke to Sussex's Steve Magoffin about fast bowling.

The veteran Australian was the 2014 Division One leading wicket-taker.

"There's a big future for Matthew," said Yorkshire second XI and Academy director Ian Dews. "He's a very bright cricketer.

"He played in a squad friendly with some of the Sussex players in Abu Dhabi, and off his own back, he went and spoke to Steve Magoffin.

"Andrew Gale was saying 'what a fine bowler he is', and Matthew has gone and picked him out and had a word."

Ahead of Sunday's Trent Bridge clash, Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie admitted: "Fish was in the squad at Worcester, and the likelihood is that he's the next cab off the rank.

"He's worked incredibly hard. He's working hard at getting the right lines and the right lengths to bowl. He's getting himself nice and strong. We think he's put on a yard of pace. We are very excited about Matt Fisher."

Fisher has already played five one-day matches for the county, and his first against Leicestershire at Scarborough two summers ago left him as the youngest post-war county cricketer aged 15 years and 212 days.

If he does take the field against Notts, Fisher will do so aged 17 years and 161 days. He would be Yorkshire's sixth youngest Championship debutant, with Paul Jarvis (16 years and 75 days) the youngest in 1981.

Meanwhile, Yorkshire expect Sidebottom to be out for several weeks with the calf injury suffered at Worcester earlier this week.

They also expect Australian Aaron Finch to arrive at Headingley next month, despite a hamstring tear ruling him out of the rest of the IPL.