Outgoing chief executive Stewart Regan has promised Yorkshire’s members and supporters that the White Rose county will not be cutting back on their playing budget.

Regan is in his final week at Headingley ahead of a move to the Scottish Football Association.

And, despite insisting the club are on safe financial ground, Regan has admitted savings still need to be made in the current economic climate. But he said: “The one thing we have never done is scrimp on the cricket budget.

“We will continue to invest in cricket, and the chairman (Colin Graves) has announced he will continue to support the playing budget.

“There will be no slashing of the cricket budget, and we are already in discussions with a number of players about new contracts.

“We are cutting back and making savings. Yes, a number of people have been released (from the office staff), and we will continue to run a tight ship long after I go.

“But I think we have a sound platform, and I do not envisage wide-scale redundancy packages.”

Yorkshire’s potential signing of Ryan Sidebottom is an indication that the club are still desperate for on-field success.

Regan has spent four-and-a-half years at Headingley, and the spotlight has been on him more than ever over the last six months with constant talk of money matters.

But he said: “As I leave, I know it is more solid than it was a couple of months ago, but there was never any panic about it going to the wall or anything silly like that.

“Cash is still tight, but we are in a strong financial position. We have renegotiated all of our bills and the chairman has continued to underwrite our debt. We are solid.”

The club, who have recently built the £21 million Carnegie Pavilion in partnership with Leeds Metropolitan University, were left concerned by disastrous ticket sales for July’s neutral Test between Pakistan and Australia.

But a sell-out 18,500 crowd for the one-day international between England and Pakistan has given them breathing space.

Regan added: “We’ve just had a very strong one-day international, and that has gone some way to help because we beat our budget.”

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