England cricket captain Michael Vaughan announced details of his 2005 Yorkshire benefit at Headingley yesterday and revealed that one of the main attractions would be a Twenty-20 floodlit match on the Test ground between his own star-studded International XI and a Yorkshire XI.

The clash, which is being sponsored by Asda and is already expected to be a sell-out, will take place on Wednesday, August 31, and Vaughan said that West Indies captain Brian Lara, New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming, and South Africa captain Graeme Smith, had all agreed to play.

"I will also be bringing a lot of England players because I don't intend to come to Headingley with a poor team and get beaten," said Vaughan. "Yorkshire will be in for a real game that night."

Yorkshire chief executive Colin Graves, who runs the Costcutter supermarket chain based in Dunnington, is Vaughan's benefit committee chairman and Vaughan said that he had decided the proceeds from the benefit would be shared between himself, his chosen charities and the Yorkshire club.

All of Vaughan's benefit events will be organised for him, leaving him free to concentrate on his cricket next year when he will be leading England in their fight to regain the Ashes.

"The Ashes are certainly the biggest thing next year and I think they will be something very special for us all," said Vaughan.

"It is very important that the England team which I take to South Africa shortly tries to regain its momentum so that we can continue our sequence of seven Test wins on the trot.

"If we win in South Africa it will boost our confidence ahead of the Ashes series.

"A lot of people say we are the finished article but we are by no means that."

Vaughan re-affirmed his allegiance to Yorkshire cricket and said that he had no intention of moving to another county once his England days were over. "When the time comes I will enjoy playing for them again very much," he said.

His benefit will be launched with a dinner in the Lord's pavilion on March 3 and other events include a Manchester United dinner at Old Trafford on March 20 and a Headingley dinner on July 5.

Updated: 09:44 Friday, November 12, 2004