Yorkshire have their new-ball pairing of Deon Kruis and Jason Gillespie in joint action for the first time this season in the Liverpool Victoria Champ-ionship match against Kent at Canterbury today.

Kruis, who went down with a torn calf muscle days before the start of the season, should have returned on Sunday but rain caused the abandonment of Yorkshire's Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy match against Nottinghamshire with-out a ball being bowled.

The South African was the leading wicket-taker for York-shire last season and the club believe that he and Gillespie can be one of the most formidable bowling combinations in county cricket.

Gillespie's arrival at Head-ingley was slightly delayed because of his involvement in Australia's two-Test series in Bangladesh but he has put in some long stints in his two Championship matches so far, bowling 83.1 overs for his six wickets, and he should be well adapted by now to English conditions.

Director of cricket David Byas has already complained that his batsmen are not yet scoring the volume of runs he expects of them and his criticism certainly applies to openers Matthew Wood and Joe Sayers, who have managed only 75 runs between them in six Championship innings.

Yorkshire are seeking rev-enge over Kent for a double defeat when their paths last crossed in the Championship four years ago.

Both sides lost their matches last week, Yorkshire to Sussex by five wickets and Kent to Lancashire by six wickets.

Michael Vaughan, who has been carrying out his rehabilitation programme with York-shire in recent weeks, did not join them in Canterbury. He was expected to step up his training with the England squad at Lord's.