The old adage that a strong Yorkshire means a strong England can work both ways.

That is the view of the county’s director of cricket Martyn Moxon after Australia narrowly beat England by four runs in the second and final Twenty20 international.

While the Aussies were beaten off the last ball of the first game in Adelaide, this time they gained their revenge at the death when the Tykes’ Tim Bresnan was unable to hit the six which was necessary to secure victory.

It means the mini-series ended 1-1 but it is the fact that a Yorkshire player has been there at the decisive time of each contest – Ajmal Shahzad helped England home on Wednesday – that has pleased Moxon.

“I have enjoyed watching them both play over the past couple of days,” said the Headingley chief.

“The experience that they are picking up at the moment can only be good for both them and Yorkshire.”

England’s defeat in Melbourne ends a record run of eight Twenty20 victories in a row, with Bresnan in particular but also Shahzad becoming a major part of the national set-up in the shortest form of the game.

Moxon admits that he is now hoping that their form and knowledge from time away in such a high-pressure environment can rub off on their Yorkshire team-mates in time for the 2011 season.

That is especially pertinent in Twenty20 cricket, with the Tykes one of only three first-class counties who have never qualified for finals day since the domestic competition in England was launched in 2003.

“It is our aspiration to improve our record in T20 cricket,” confirmed Moxon.

“For every player it is about working out a method. It is about bowling the right ball at the right time and playing the right shot at the right time.

“That comes with experience and it is also about managing the occasion. I think both of them have done that outstandingly well so far, particularly Bresnan in the final two Ashes Tests. That can only be good news.

“I think their added experience has already showed up for Yorkshire in one-day cricket. When they played last season, particularly in the Clydesdale Bank 40, they were excellent and you could see they had played at a higher level.”

The duo’s form in Australia, but also over the past year in limited-overs cricket for England, means they are likely to be included in the final 15-man squad for the upcoming World Cup on the Indian sub-continent.

Both Bresnan and Shahzad have already been included in the preliminary 30-man party, with the final cut being announced by no later than Wednesday.