Yorkshire will become the first county to produce their own live footage of championship cricket when they broadcast their match against Surrey at Scarborough next month featuring Indian superstar Virat Kohli.

It could be the start of a digital revolution for county cricket as they look to fight back against the ECB’s controversial ‘Hundred’ competition.

Counties believe under the terms of the new broadcasting deal they will be able to run coverage online of matches in their own Twenty20 competition to help compete with the ECB new tournament in two years’ time.

In a first step, Yorkshire will employ cameramen to capture the action of their championship match against Surrey, from June 25, and will hope Kohli’s presence will bring in big audience figures online from India.

Several counties already offer live footage on their websites using two fixed mounted cameras at either end of the pitch. Those cameras were originally installed to help team analysts gather footage but have been successfully used on county websites and by the England & Wales Cricket Board’s own site to show clips of wickets, four and sixes.