Tim Bresnan has hailed Yorkshire’s new first-team coach Jason Gillespie as one of the driving forces behind his success at international level.

Since making his England one-day debut against Sri Lanka in 2006, the all-rounder has played a further 56 one-day games, 20 twenty20 internationals and ten Tests.

He is a world twenty20 winner and took the wicket at the MCG that ensured England retained the Ashes Down Under last winter.

And now he has revealed that it is an Ashes hero who English fans loved to hate who has helped to make him into the player he is today.

“I think Jason Gillespie is a good appointment,” he said. “I played alongside him when he was first at the club, and he is one of the main reasons why I am playing international cricket now.

“I learnt so much from him, just bowling at the other end or standing at mid-off and watching him operate.”

Bresnan was speaking at a Jaguar-sponsored coaching event at Old Trafford at the weekend with national team-mate Jimmy Anderson.

And the pair got involved in some light-hearted Roses banter as Bresnan was in the middle of dissecting Yorkshire’s 2011 summer.

“We didn’t play as well as we could have done consistently enough,” continued Bresnan, 26.

“To win Championships and stay in Division One, you need to play consistent cricket. It’s a tough situation, but we’ll be all right.”

Then Anderson, who was involved in a heated exchange with White Rose skipper Andrew Gale and Joe Sayers in the Championship match at Liverpool after being made aware of Gale’s pre-season tip for Lancashire to be relegated, chipped in.

“Do you reckon your captain should concentrate more on his own house rather than worrying about Lancashire being relegation candidates at the start of the season and then getting relegated themselves?

“Was it twice last year that Lancashire beat Yorkshire? I think it was twice!”

Bresnan responded sarcastically: “We need to play a bit more at Scarborough, Barnsley and Sheffield - take it to the outgrounds like Lancashire did and get results on league wickets.”