Adil Rashid is as confident as he ever has been with his cricket, according to Andrew Gale.

The England all-rounder’s performance in Yorkshire’s County Championship draw against Warwickshire at Edgbaston earlier this week was hailed as “brilliant” by the county’s captain.

Rashid scored an important 63 in the first innings to help recover from 85-4 to post 379.

He then took an impressive 4-127 from 31 overs with his leg-spinners in icy conditions in Birmingham.

Gale even admitted: “I was slightly apprehensive that he'd be able to hold the ball, never mind spin it.

"I thought he was brilliant with bat and ball, but ball especially.

“When you throw him the ball and it's three degrees, you're shivering yourself. Imagine having to bowl leg-spin. But he got some good purchase, and it's really encouraging.

"He's in a really good place at the minute, and I don't think I've ever seen him as confident as this in his career.”

Rashid’s busy winter saw him make a Test debut against Pakistan in the UAE prior to Christmas before travelling to Australia for the Big Bash with the Adelaide Strikers.

He then toured South Africa with England’s limited overs squad in February before featuring heavily in their run to the World T20 final in India.

There was always the possibility that, having had so little red ball cricket for five months, he may take some time to adjust to Championship cricket.

"I had the same thoughts,” admitted Gale. “I thought he might come back and be a bit flat with his bowling, but the encouraging thing is that he's using his cricket brain now.

"When he was bowling at Warwickshire's tail, he was giving it some flight. He was prepared to get knocked out of the ground because he knew that there was risk and reward there.

“He’s a really mature cricketer now.

"When you go to the Big Bash and the World Cup and perform the way he has, it's only going to give him confidence. You can tell that by the way he handles himself around our squad."

Rashid will play in Sunday’s Championship match against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge, where he could be one of 15 capped internationals to feature across both sides.

The 28-year-old is sure of his place in Yorkshire’s eleven, unlike a couple of batsmen in Alex Lees and Jack Leaning because of Joe Root’s return for the next two matches.

One of those will have to miss out, and if it is Lees, Gale could open the batting: “That is a consideration,” he added.

"There's no one really who looks out of nick, so it's going to be very difficult.

“It's important we don't over-analyse it. It's been two games, three knocks, so it is what it is. I'm not going to be putting any pressure on people, saying 'you need more runs'.

“We've said it all along that people will miss out when they don't deserve to. Whoever misses out, it's two games in a long season. It's about a squad effort.”

Meanwhile, Kane Williamson has been confirmed as New Zealand’s permanent captain across all formats, replacing Brendon McCullum.

Williamson returns to Yorkshire for a six-week overseas spell in early June.