TALENTED all-rounder Matthew Waite has penned a new one-year contract extension with Yorkshire, keeping him at Emerald Headingley until the end of 2020.

Leeds-born Waite had ankle surgery after missing the second half of 2017 and spent nearly two months on the sidelines in the early stages of 2018.

However, Yorkshire’s Young Player of the Year in 2016 returned impressively and ended the season strongly, playing three of the last four Specsavers County Championship matches and returning some useful contributions with bat and ball.

The 23-year-old hit 42 and claimed three wickets in the first innings of a high-scoring draw against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge and claimed a miserly 2-16 in the first innings of the win over Lancashire at Emerald Headingley.

That Roses victory all but kept Yorkshire in Division One.

Waite told yorkshireccc.com: “I’m over the moon to sign a new deal and hopefully I can push on from what I’ve done over the past couple of years.

“I’ve had a bit of a taste of first-team cricket and then seem to get injured, so hopefully I can stay fit for a full season and see what happens.

“It was a bad injury. I’ve had an ankle injury before and the physio knew what it was so I was quickly booked in for an operation.

"I managed to get over that problem, but unfortunately I got another ankle injury this year and the physios weren’t sure exactly what it was themselves as they’d never seen it before. It was quite rare.

"Obviously, it kept me out for most of the summer, which was pretty tough, but thankfully those days are behind me now.

“I was born in Yorkshire and played all through the age-groups and it’s pleasing to actually represent the White Rose - an absolute privilege.

"It means a lot, especially with my family’s background, to play for Yorkshire. They’re all incredibly proud."

Waite signed junior professional terms with Yorkshire ahead of 2016, and after an excellent, award-winning summer, he later extended his deal until the end of 2019.

The young Yorkshireman, speaking from Down Under, is warming up for next season with a winter spell in Sydney Grade cricket with Bankstown.

He added: “I’ve come out to Australia to get as much cricket under my belt as possible this winter. This trip will be very important for me and has tested all the recovery I’ve done since suffering the injury.

“Hopefully it stays that way and I can get through all of winter injury free and stay fit throughout the summer.

“I want to play as much first-team cricket as I can and do well and win for Yorkshire. Hopefully I can have an impact across all three forms and try to be adaptable.”