YORKSHIRE coach Martyn Moxon believes Mark Ramprakash's England chance has passed - but is still concerned that the Surrey star could damage the Tykes at the Oval.

The 38 year-old, with 52 Test caps to his name, is aiming to record the 100th hundred of a magical 22 season first-class career today.

As Yorkshire aim to bounce back from last week's County Championship defeat against Durham, they will have to do it without Darren Gough, who is rested.

Yorkshire will be aided by the likes of Deon Kruis, Adil Rashid, Tim Bresnan and Pakistani debutant Rana Naved-ul-Hasan.

Ramprakash already has two LV Division One centuries against Lancashire and Sussex this term. And for the last few years, many within the game have pushed the right-hander's case for an England recall.

"If he was going to play, then his chance would have probably come in the last couple of years when there has been a few openings here and there," said Moxon.

"But I think that his chance has probably just about gone. He hasn't quite got age on his side, although you just never know."

Ramprakash has averaged above 100 in each of the last two seasons - and if he reaches the coveted landmark this week, he adds his name to a list that reads likes the Cricketer's who's who.

Jack Hobbs leads the way with 199 tons, while the likes of WG Grace, Sir Don Bradman, Sir Viv Richards and Zaheer Abbas, to name just a few, grace the list.

Three Yorkshiremen have passed the mark - Geoff Boycott, Herbert Sutcliffe and Sir Len Hutton.

The last man to reach the milestone was Worcestershire batsman Graeme Hick, ten years ago.

Moxon continued of Ramps: "Over the last few years he has been absolutely remarkable.

He fully deserves to get there, but just not this week. We have been studying any weakness that we can exploit.

"He can score runs all around the wicket. We have just to make sure that we are disciplined and probe the right lines and lengths. It's not rocket science really."

The nearest player to reaching 100 hundreds still playing first-class cricket is Somerset captain Justin Langer.

The Australian left-hander has hit 82 tons.

Matthew Hayden has 79, Stuart Law has 78.

There is no other English player currently playing who has passed 75 first-class centuries.