Tredwell asks Kent to release him from his contract

That's a clever remark...how did you know this? He also offed Jordan two years .... Sometimes you have to take a chance.

We may do, but should we? Wouldn't we feel rather proud if Jordan overcame his radar problems and developed into the big, bustling fast bowler that England has been missing since Gough? Wouldn't it be rather nice to think that Surrey couldn't give him what he needed to really develop him but Sussex could, and did? I think that more than ever we have to be realistic and accept that a really good player will have other claims than the old-fashioned county allegiance; at best it will be the lure of a central contract , at worst the globetrotting commercially-shaped mindset of a Pietersen, with all of the short-lived enthusiasm for the current brand that goes with the thrusting attitude and hunger for success. I'd obviously prefer the former, and would like to see a restoration of balance in the relationship between home county and ECB, ensuring that the player gets regular beneficial exposure to playing conditions, rather than gym work, and that the paying audience - the corporeal one, not the dream money and faked viewing stats of Sky - see the maturing development of the player they have chatted with at boundary edge, or at the end of innings and maintain what what we could, in our touchingly naive way call the spirit of cricket, the proximity between the spectator and the performer, the sense of possibility.

Oh, and I think we do need someone else to support Magoffin and the occasional appearances of Jordan. I hope that Hobden will make the stride forward next season to be the regular and increasingly reliable spearhead, but I don't think that Anyon, Lewis or Hatchett in their different ways are going to give us that dependability. That means another trip to market and a hope that we rummage in the bag of possibilities and pull out by the ears something less fallible and human than Zaidi, something with a little more depth than the admirable but one-dimensional Piolet. The market is volatile these days, with lots of players seeing their career blocked and lots of administrators making short-term decisions. I think the Championship as a whole is producing the players, it's just becoming more difficult to align pegs to holes.

I am reliably told that the England management have informed Tredwell that they want him playing first-team cricket in all formats. I'm sure they will not have gone so far as to have actively told him to leave Kent if he can't get in their four day side. After all, he still has another year on his contract; but it's pretty clear that Moores/Downton/Whittaker et al want him at a county where he is guaranteed a game and that England are supportive of his desire to join Sussex.

Jordan had previous experience in county cricket, Zaidi was a club cricketer for the previous four years.

So Tredwell is back for our last three games.....

But will he be released by Kent next season or will he stay and get a benefit?

Well kent lost today so they have no more one day cricket this season...and England don't want him ...so it's just a question of money now.i expect that with Riley playing all forms kent may be happy to reduce their payroll.