YORKSHIRE first team coach Jason Gillespie is determined for his side to turn their poor white-ball form around and make an impact on the Royal London One-Day Cup.

The Vikings have not reached a Lord’s final since winning the C&G Trophy in 2002, and have been criticised in the past for not prioritising one-day cricket.

But Gillespie is keen to take the competition as seriously as possible, beginning with Sunday’s clash against Gloucestershire at Scarborough – the first of five matches in the space of a week.

“We’re determined to perform well in the tournament. We feel we can have an impact,” he said.

“The first block is seven games in 11 days. It would be unrealistic to expect everyone to play every game.

“That’s going to be a massive challenge for all the players. We will have to manage the lads as best we can.”

Following on from England’s recent one-day series victory over New Zealand, much of the focus of this year’s competition is set to be on whether the counties adopt an aggressive brand of cricket.

And Gillespie is hopeful conditions will allow sides to express themselves throughout the tournament as players look to impress the England selectors.

“I hope there’s a big knock-on effect. Conditions are very different in the UK in terms of the pitches and the weather, and it will be interesting to see what sort of pitches are prepared by counties, especially with squares getting a bit tired towards the back end of summer.”

The Vikings ended their T20 campaign with victory against the Birmingham Bears, though they were without overseas star Glen Maxwell due to disciplinary reasons.

The Australian has struggled for the Vikings despite coming with a big reputation, and is understood to have turned up late to the final day of Yorkshire’s Second XI clash with Warwickshire this week.

Without him, the Vikings performed well with the ball to restrict the North Division winners to a total of 145 despite stand-in captain Alex Lees having lost the toss.

Will Rhodes picked up three wickets while youngsters Ben Coad and Matthew Fisher took two wickets of their own, with Fisher able to celebrate the prized scalp of New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum for just six.

The bowling display marked just the second occasion Yorkshire have bowled a side out in this season’s competition, with Rich Pyrah also taking two wickets on his return to the side following a three-week absence.

In reply, the home side lost Rhodes early as he picked out mid-on off the bowling of Ricki Clarke, but Lees and Jack Leaning came together to share in a stand of 104 in 76 deliveries.

Lees struck his first half-century of the campaign as he went through to his 50 in 38 balls while Leaning was slightly more circumspect as he looked to pick the gaps and rotate the strike.

Skipper Lees eventually fell for 63 as he was LBW to Jeetan Patel, but Leaning finished unbeaten on a career-best 60 as Yorkshire sealed victory with three balls to spare.