Andrew Gale: Bresnan is getting on my nerves – but for all the right reasons!

ONE lad in the Yorkshire team has been doing my head in this season – and his name in Tim Bresnan.

Brez keeps telling me he’s scored more runs than me, and I keep telling him he’s paid to bowl.

It’s all in good fun, of course, as he’s also my brother-in-law.

And he fully deserves to have the family bragging rights.

Bressy’s form with the bat this year has been quite incredible.

He’s really starting to fulfil his potential.

A look at the stats shows that he’s scored 512 runs in the County Championship and is averaging 64.

He’s had a couple of hundreds as well – including a career-best 169 not out the other week against Durham.

As a bat, Bressy’s always looked good in the nets.

He’s always looked like a proper player.

But he’s never really had a proper run in county cricket to tot up his scores.

He’s been away bowling for England and just not had the chance.

Now he’s starting to come to the party and, if England don’t come calling again, he can have a long and successful career at Yorkshire.

So much so, I reckon he could carry on playing for the next 10 years.

He’s 30 now, and I’ve told him that if he’s smart and looks after his body, he could play until he is 40 years old.

He could play a Mark Ealham-type role for us and be that fourth or fifth seamer who bats No.6.

He could do that job for a long time to come.