A reduced capacity of 14,000 may be in effect for England's one-day international against Australia at Headingley this summer, if Yorkshire are forced to close the rugby stand for safety reasons.

The same crowd limit will also be imposed for all Yorkshire's home matches, including their lucrative Twenty20 fixture at home to Lancashire, should it be decided the 83-year-old stand is too dangerous.

Ticket sales for seats in the stand have already been suspended and club chief executive Mark Arthur has explained the area may not be used again over the next two years before plans go ahead to rebuild it in time for summer 2019.

He said: "The upper-floor balustrade at the front of the balcony has been condemned, awaiting a further structural engineer's report.

"It's basically corroded at the front of the stand - some of the plaster has come off the front of the balustrade, and it's just not safe.

"If somebody leaned against the front of the balustrade, they could fall straight over and straight down."

Headingley is scheduled to host England's match against Australia in September 11.