Michael Vaughan finally returns to action today knowing that he cannot be accused of peaking too early in this Ashes summer.
Vaughan has been given a long break by coach Duncan Fletcher following a mentally and physically gruelling winter tour of South Africa.
Today, he faces Ireland in Belfast as Yorkshire try to avoid the embarrassment of a shock exit from the C&G Trophy.
Today's fixtures: C&G Trophy - Bucks v Lancs (Wormsley), Ireland v Yorkshire (Belfast), Northumberland v Middlesex (Jesmond), Berks v Gloucs (Reading), Holland v Warwicks (Rotterdam), Wilts v Kent (Salisbury), Denmark v Northants (Brondby), Devon v Essex (Exmouth).