JACK Brooks is keen for a more regular role in Yorkshire's NatWest T20 Blast team, although the England Lions fast bowler accepts that playing every game is unrealistic.

Yorkshire kick off their North Division campaign under the new Headingley lights tonight (7pm) against a Derbyshire side boasting South Africa Test captain Hashim Amla as an overseas player.

Brooks only played three 20-over matches last season without taking a wicket as the White Rose hierarchy opted to rest him for their LV= County Championship title run-in.

It was a decision which reaped rewards as, although Yorkshire failed to qualify out of their T20 group, Brooks finished the four-day season with 68 wickets, the second-highest tally in Division One.

The 30-year-old paceman has been named in a 13-man squad for tonight's clash – the first of 14 group fixtures.

"I want to play all forms because Twenty20 is brilliant, the crowds are great and you can make a name for yourself," said Brooks, one of only two Yorkshire bowlers with a T20 five-wicket haul to his name alongside Rich Pyrah.

"I did quite well the year before and was up there but last year I hadn't got any wickets after three games. I didn't bowl badly but results didn't go our way.

"Jason Gillespie and Andrew Gale made a decision that, because of my Championship form and with other guys doing well in Twenty20 like Ollie Robinson, there wasn't a massive need for me to play.

"I could have played but they went with others instead – and they gave it a good go. It allowed me to put my feet up and rest ahead of a Championship game, instead of charging in on a Friday. It worked out well.

"You just can't be expected to play every game all the time. And the way the team was made up for Twenty20, it didn't mean I had to play. It helped me get through the season."

Yorkshire have only reached Twenty20 Finals Day once in 12 years and the Vikings are promising a new-look attacking brand of cricket as they bid to better that statistic.

Coach Jason Gillespie said: "For three hours, I guarantee that our Yorkshire supporters are going to be entertained by their club."

Yorkshire (from): Gale, Bairstow, Brooks, Bresnan, Fisher, Hodd, Leaning, Lees, Patterson, Plunkett, Pyrah, Rashid, Rhodes.