Oliver Hannon-Dalby wants to nail down a place in Yorkshire’s first team by the end the summer.

Hannon-Dalby has just one scalp under his belt in first-class cricket – Mark Ramprakash. It is not a bad one to have, but one the 20-year-old pace bowler is keen to add to sooner rather than later.

Having broken onto the scene in 2008, getting his chance in a County Championship match against Surrey at the Oval, Hannon-Dalby had the ex-England man caught in the slips.

He said: “A lot was made of that wicket, and it was a good one to get, but I’m well aware of the fact that I’ve not got one since then. It’s something that I want to remedy pretty quickly.”

Since then the Halifax-born bowler, towering at 6ft 8ins tall, has been forced to hone his skills in the White Rose county’s second team.

But some eye-catching performances on the recent tour of Barbados have given him confidence that things can be different this campaign.

He opened the tour with a fiery three-wicket burst in the two-day match against Derbyshire before returning impressive figures of 1-19 from 12 overs in the match against Lancashire last weekend.

During the Lancashire match at the 3 Ws Oval, there was even a local walking around the outfield telling anybody who would listen that Hannon-Dalby would definitely play for England.

Ex-West Indies Test bowler Wayne Daniel also sang his praises as part of a local radio commentary, while Yorkshire’s director of professional cricket Martyn Moxon picked him out as one of the two best bowlers on the tour alongside Azeem Rafiq. “Barbados went well, especially in the longer form of the game. I was delighted with the way I bowled,” said Hannon-Dalby.

“I feel I’ve cemented my place in the second team now. I’m not sure whether I’ll be in straightaway, but I definitely want to be playing first team cricket by the end of the year.”

Hannon-Dalby was part of the Yorkshire team that won the Second XI Trophy final against Lancashire at Scarborough last September, but failed to break into the first team when Moxon was giving some other youngsters a chance.

“That was bitter sweet,” he said. “I was gutted not to be playing, but seeing the likes of Jimmy Lee, Steve Patterson and Lee Hodgson playing gave the lads in the Academy and seconds a lot of heart.”