Redundancies at cash-strapped Yorkshire Cricket Club

Mr Regan is leaving his post at the end of September to take an

identical role at the Scottish Football Association.

Yorkshire chairman Colin Graves will step in for six to nine months before Yorkshire appoint a new chief executive. Mr Regan's resignation will save Yorkshire a six-figure sum at a time when Mr Graves admitted "five to six office staff" will be made redundant at the cash-strapped club.

Mr Graves, executive chairman of the Costcutter supermarket chain, said: "I have told my board colleagues that I intend to take the role of executive chairman for a period of at least six months after Stewart's departure, after which we will then decide on the most appropriate structure to manage the club going forward.

"There will be minor job losses – maybe five to six office staff – but we're no different to any business in that respect and I don't envisage any cuts on the playing or coaching side.

"Hopefully, we'll end up in a break-even situation at the end of the year and we're certainly not in financial crisis."

Mr Regan, who joined Yorkshire in 2006, takes up his new role on October 5 and will be based at Hampden Park, Glasgow. "It has been a great honour and privilege to be chief executive of Yorkshire. I will look back with pride at the progress we have made on and off the field," he said.