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Post by Deleted on Feb 29, 2016 16:37:46 GMT
Jackson Bird replaces Peter Siddle at Notts. The phrase "scraping the barrel" springs to mind. Why? He was Australia's best bowler in the Test just finished v NZ.
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Post by hhsussex on Feb 29, 2016 16:57:42 GMT
Jackson Bird replaces Peter Siddle at Notts. The phrase "scraping the barrel" springs to mind. Why? He was Australia's best bowler in the Test just finished v NZ. Didn't see any of that, but I did watch him play for Hampshire against Sussex last year and he was not impressive. Poor control of length: perhaps he was expecting bouncier wickets, but he didn't seem to find them in the games he played for Hants.
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Post by leedsgull on Feb 29, 2016 17:59:01 GMT
I missed that Borderman. My comments were based on his Hampshire stint and poor fitness record.
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Post by hhsussex on Mar 1, 2016 8:18:41 GMT
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Post by leedsgull on Mar 1, 2016 9:18:09 GMT
I would have thought Martin Guptill might have returned to Derbyshire. Perhaps he is committed to the West Indies league, otherwise it is extraordinary that with so many Kiwis over here he is excluded.
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Post by hhsussex on Mar 1, 2016 9:29:49 GMT
I would have thought Martin Guptill might have returned to Derbyshire. Perhaps he is committed to the West Indies league, otherwise it is extraordinary that with so many Kiwis over here he is excluded. Is Derbyshire North Island or South Island? Derbyshire CCC @derbyshireccc 3h3 hours ago
NEESHAM will be available for entire @natwestt20blast, alongside @otagovolts teammates Rutherford and Broom #P2bD
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Post by leedsgull on Mar 1, 2016 9:38:48 GMT
Their BBC Cricket commentator is Ian O'Brien so the New Zealand links are very strong at Derbyshire.
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Post by leedsgull on Mar 12, 2016 15:37:31 GMT
Essex have recruited Aussie Matt Dixon as they rebuild their bowling options. He joins Matt Quinn and Zaidi to complement the old stagers Masters and Napier.
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Post by hhsussex on Mar 15, 2016 7:27:19 GMT
Still more recruits to Second Division sides looking to develop a litle muscle in the T20 this summer. Rilee Rossouw joins Leicestershire for the final six games, to replace Umar Akmal, who goes off to the Caribbean Super League, and on the basis of his form in South Africa this winter he is probably a better option for them. www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/982665.html
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Post by leedsgull on Mar 23, 2016 16:08:40 GMT
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Post by hhsussex on Mar 23, 2016 16:34:01 GMT
1. Arafat has a UK passport. 2. Roelof van der Merwe (Dutch passport, former South African U-19 and occasional white-ball internationals).
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Post by fraudster on Mar 23, 2016 19:38:21 GMT
The rules aren't weird, you are allowed one overseas player in the Champ or B&H Cup. How bendable and answerable to EU law is the thing that makes the rules a farce.
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Post by christo23symes on Mar 24, 2016 13:34:31 GMT
Darren Sammy will play for Hampshire in the T20 Blast until July, and should be Hants' third overseas player for 2016, with the other two being Ryan McClaren, and, of course, Afridi.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2016 15:45:41 GMT
The rules aren't weird, you are allowed one overseas player in the Champ or B&H Cup. How bendable and answerable to EU law is the thing that makes the rules a farce. Yes, and it will be very interesting to see in the event of a Brexit vote how swiftly the ECB decides to move to close the kolpak loophole and put an end to people like van de Merwe on his Dutch passport and Cachopa on his Portuguese papers. The ECB has been desperate to find a ruse to end the kolpak route for years and although I will be voting to stay in Europe (I'd actually go further and join the common currency if it was down to me), I do understand the ECB's frustration over the anomalies the European Court of Justice has created in cricket registration eligibility. Even the most ardent European like me has to admit that it has been a farce that a Commonwealth passport holder like Magoffin has had to play for years as an overseas but a Portuguese passport holder like Cachopa can just waltz straight into a county side...much as I love fado, Carmen Miranda, a glass of vinho verde and the silky skills iof Cristiano Ronaldo, I'd find it hard to claim that British links with Portugal are stronger than they are with Australia....
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Post by leedsgull on Mar 24, 2016 15:56:37 GMT
Well actually.....http://www.angloportuguesesociety.org.uk/alliance-history
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