McGrath hopes to see Richardson back in the future and tips van Beek to hit form

Richardson is not playing in that competition, the Australian fast bowler completing his stint when Yorkshire beat Surrey in the County Championship at Headingley on Monday.

But van Beek is available for the first half of the Blast and for the next two Championship games in around a month’s time, the Dutch pace bowler one of three overseas options along with Pakistan’s Hasan Ali and Faheem Ashraf (only two overseas can play at one time).

On Richardson, who took six wickets in his four Championship games at an average of 66, McGrath felt he came into form just as he was leaving.

The 29-year-old signed off with match figures of 2-89 from 26 overs against Surrey and made his most telling contribution with the bat rather than the ball, perhaps, scoring 50 from the No 10 position in the comeback win against Somerset in Taunton.

“We've spoken a lot about overseas coming in for a short period of time and it can be tough to hit the ground running,” said McGrath.

“It can take you a little bit of time - hence why we all want overseas for the full year ideally.

“Jhye himself said before the Surrey game that he just feels as though he's finding his feet now and settling in, and he wished that he was here for another few months.

“We know how good he is – he played in the Ashes – and with bat and ball he made some good contributions, particularly down at Somerset and against Surrey, and it’s just a shame he’s going back but hopefully we’ll see him back in White Rose colours down the line.”

Van Beek, 35, has taken 11 wickets in five Championship games at an average of 47 and, like Richardson, has conceded exactly 4.32 runs per over.

McGrath believes van Beek has perhaps been trying too hard but predicted better times are just around the corner.

“Sometimes the harder you try it never kind of works that way but hopefully a little bit of a break this week and a freshen up will have done him good,” said McGrath, with van Beek not selected for the Surrey fixture.

“He’s bowled a lot of overs and has tried his heart out; he never hides with the ball and is always training hard.

“I think, like a few of our lads, the effort's there but it's just not happening at the moment but the way to do that is to keep working, keep believing and we know that through his career he's a great performer.

“He played in the T20 World Cup recently so there's no doubts about him and hopefully he can shine in this next stage of the season and we’ll see him come into his own in T20 and the two Championship games we’ve got at Scarborough and Leicester.”

Yorkshire start their T20 campaign against Notts Outlaws at Trent Bridge on Friday night, then play Derbyshire Falcons at Headingley on Sunday.

Hasan Ali is unavailable for those matches because of his involvement in Pakistan’s Test series against Bangladesh, which ended on Wednesday.

The 31-year-old seamer took eight wickets in the two games at an average of 32 as Bangladesh achieved a 2-0 clean sweep.

The result piled pressure on Shan Masood, the Pakistan captain and former Yorkshire skipper, who has lost 12 of his 16 Tests in charge.

Meanwhile, Yorkshire have announced that general admission tickets for day three of the Test between England and Pakistan at Headingley in August have now sold out, with only limited hospitality packages remaining for that day.

Tickets for days one and two are said to be “very limited”, with day four having the best availability.