"I got the opportunity to play for Lancashire, and against Yorkshire, and developed a bit of a relationship with a few of the guys. I'm very, very happy and privileged to be coming back," he told the club website.
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"Aside from the cricket you learn a lot about yourself. You're sort of a stranger in a different place. You have to learn to take more responsibility and find a way to get through things. It adds to your character.
"Yorkshire are a very tight-knit club, very well run, with lots of people turning up on the day of the game. They play a very good, exciting brand of cricket.
"Everyone says spinners in the UK are a handful, but take nothing away because there are some really skilled batters in the UK so it's not as easy as people think it is. County Cricket is a very good challenge. You're playing against the very best in the country skill-wise from a very concentrated group of cricketers. That makes the standard of the competition even stronger."
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