Rana Naved-ul-Hasan made 57 at Chelmsford in an innovative pinch-hitting role that he may repeat at Guildford, but the rest of the top nine batsmen mustered just 42 runs between them in a performance director of cricket Martyn Moxon described as 'pathetic'.

No individual is hopelessly out of form and none of the XI from Chelmsford have been dropped from tomorrow's squad, but Taylor has been added to it, and Moxon may wish to accommodate the left-hander's experience and obduracy.

Taylor has rejoined Yorkshire after a two-year spell with Derbyshire, for whom he averaged 57.81 in 16 List A limited-overs matches, but he has been sidelined with hamstring, calf and back injuries, managing just two Twenty20 appearances. In the first of those, against Leicestershire, he won the match with a six off the final ball of the contest, and he has been in fairly productive form for the Second XI.

"Chris matured a lot at Derbyshire and played well for them," said Moxon. "He's someone with a bit of experience and hopefully he's put his injuries behind him and can have a good second half of the season.

"At Essex, we just didn't do the basics well against the seamers. Rana got us off to a really good start with the run-rate and it was disappointing that the batsmen couldn't stay in and support him."

Moxon conceded that Yorkshire's ejection from the Twenty20 Cup appeared to have affected the team. "The lads are disappointed about what's happened but we can't dwell on it," he said. "We're not a million miles away in our performances, and I think we've got over it."

Captain Darren Gough is expected to have recovered from the blow on the knee that restricted his bowling spell to just two balls at Chelmsford.

Yorkshire (from): Gale, Brophy, McGrath, Rudolph, Lyth, Rashid, Bresnan, Pyrah, Rana, Gough, Wainwright, Kruis, Taylor.