WORCESTERSHIRE all-rounder Ross Whiteley returns to the scene of one of his most “satisfying” centuries on Sunday (11am).

Three years ago Whiteley scored 101 in the County Championship match with the then-champions Yorkshire at Scarborough.

He defied an attack of Ryan Sidebottom, Jack Brooks, Tim Bresnan, Steve Patterson, Liam Plunkett and Adil Rashid in the Division One clash.

Worcestershire return to Scarborough this weekend for another crucial clash in their bid to avoid relegation from the top flight.

Sheffield-born Whiteley admitted: “It was probably one of my most satisfying hundreds and it was one that took a while coming around.

“Obviously if I get the opportunity to play up there again it will be nice to replicate something like that.

“It was a good team we were up against who were the champions but we battled extremely hard.

“We were close to saving the game in the sense we missed out on avoiding the follow-on by just one run.

“Hundreds are not something that come easy to me so to score that century against that attack and at that time when they were doing extremely well was very satisfying.”

All-rounder Moeen Ali has this morning been made available by England to play at Yorkshire.

On Worcestershire's relegation battle, Whiteley added: "It is the business end of the season now and it’s a pretty tough period off the back of the T20s which have been quite hard work and gearing your body up for the four-day stuff again is quite challenging.

“I think we’ve got a few of our cavalry with the bowlers ready and firing to go now all pretty much over their injuries.

“We’ve probably been the opposite at this stage of the season where guys have been tired and we’ve been struggling with a few niggles here and there.

“But hopefully the guys are ready to come back fit and firing towards that back end.

“We’ve got Tonguey (Josh Tongue) and Mozza (Charlie Morris) coming back and Wayne Parnell is available which will be nice before we get Ash (Ravichandran Ashwin) back.”