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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2016 17:34:03 GMT
Kent build on their experiences with Rabada - or possibly are tapped up by the same agent - and sign Hardus Viljoen till the end of the season. www.kentsportsnews.com/kent-sign-viljoen-until-end-of-season-19-08-2016/ Will he form a powerful striking force with Matt Coles, or is he there in case Coles has another bout of the temperaments? We may find out at Hove on Aug 31st et seq. Kent reckon that promotion is going to be down to the last game of the season against Essex at Canterbury on Sept 20-23 and they know they need two quality fast bowlers for the run-in. At the moment Coles is the only one they've got. The irony is that they've actually got more seam bowlers on their books than eight of the nine div one 'rich' counties - in addition to Coles they've got Claydon, Stevens, Griffith, Ball, Haggett, Hartley, Hunn, Thomas, Bernard and Weller. Rabada made 12, the on-loan Gidman 13 and Viljoen will be their 14th this season. Sadly most of them aren't up to snuff and a clear-out is reportedly on the cards at the end of the season when the bulk of them are out of contract. Kent seem to have adopted what I call the 'Curbishley principle'. When Charlton were in the premiership, Curbishley reckoned that strikers who could get 20 plus prem goals per season could be counted on one hand and, of course, they were all snapped up by the 'big' clubs. So he reckoned it was better to have half a dozen more modestly-talented strikers and rotate them, in the hope that each would score 4-5 goals over the course of the season, therefore collectively matching the tally of a Van Nistelroy or a Thiery Henry. It kind of worked, too, so I can understand Kent's thinking. But it must be crippling on their playing budget to keep all those seamers on the books in the hope that they will all get half a dozen wickets each!
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Post by hhsussex on Aug 19, 2016 18:23:33 GMT
Kent build on their experiences with Rabada - or possibly are tapped up by the same agent - and sign Hardus Viljoen till the end of the season. www.kentsportsnews.com/kent-sign-viljoen-until-end-of-season-19-08-2016/ Will he form a powerful striking force with Matt Coles, or is he there in case Coles has another bout of the temperaments? We may find out at Hove on Aug 31st et seq. Kent reckon that promotion is going to be down to the last game of the season against Essex at Canterbury on Sept 20-23 and they know they need two quality fast bowlers for the run-in. At the moment Coles is the only one they've got. The irony is that they've actually got more seam bowlers on their books than eight of the nine div one 'rich' counties - in addition to Coles they've got Claydon, Stevens, Griffith, Ball, Haggett, Hartley, Hunn, Thomas, Bernard and Weller. Rabada made 12, the on-loan Gidman 13 and Viljoen will be their 14th this season. Sadly most of them aren't up to snuff and a clear-out is reportedly on the cards at the end of the season when the bulk of them are out of contract. Kent seem to have adopted what I call the 'Curbishley principle'. When Charlton were in the premiership, Curbishley reckoned that strikers who could get 20 plus prem goals per season could be counted on one hand and, of course, they were all snapped up by the 'big' clubs. So he reckoned it was better to have half a dozen more modestly-talented strikers and rotate them, in the hope that each would score 4-5 goals over the course of the season, therefore collectively matching the tally of a Van Nistelroy or a Thiery Henry. It kind of worked, too, so I can understand Kent's thinking. But it must be crippling on their playing budget to keep all those seamers on the books in the hope that they will all get half a dozen wickets each! And not so far a very successful theory -
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Post by coverpoint on Aug 19, 2016 19:55:53 GMT
Kent build on their experiences with Rabada - or possibly are tapped up by the same agent - and sign Hardus Viljoen till the end of the season. www.kentsportsnews.com/kent-sign-viljoen-until-end-of-season-19-08-2016/ Will he form a powerful striking force with Matt Coles, or is he there in case Coles has another bout of the temperaments? We may find out at Hove on Aug 31st et seq. Kent reckon that promotion is going to be down to the last game of the season against Essex at Canterbury on Sept 20-23 and they know they need two quality fast bowlers for the run-in. At the moment Coles is the only one they've got. The irony is that they've actually got more seam bowlers on their books than eight of the nine div one 'rich' counties - in addition to Coles they've got Claydon, Stevens, Griffith, Ball, Haggett, Hartley, Hunn, Thomas, Bernard and Weller. Rabada made 12, the on-loan Gidman 13 and Viljoen will be their 14th this season. Sadly most of them aren't up to snuff and a clear-out is reportedly on the cards at the end of the season when the bulk of them are out of contract. Kent seem to have adopted what I call the 'Curbishley principle'. When Charlton were in the premiership, Curbishley reckoned that strikers who could get 20 plus prem goals per season could be counted on one hand and, of course, they were all snapped up by the 'big' clubs. So he reckoned it was better to have half a dozen more modestly-talented strikers and rotate them, in the hope that each would score 4-5 goals over the course of the season, therefore collectively matching the tally of a Van Nistelroy or a Thiery Henry. It kind of worked, too, so I can understand Kent's thinking. But it must be crippling on their playing budget to keep all those seamers on the books in the hope that they will all get half a dozen wickets each! Of the fourteen seamers only Claydon, Coles and Stevens deserve to be retained. Haggett, Hartley, Hunn and Thomas should be released. Viljoen, Rabada and Gidman are only short-term signings and haven't really added much. Bernard and Waller need to be given opportunities next season. Ball needs to step up or be released. Can Griffiths be retained purely as a one-day specialist?
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Post by hhsussex on Aug 25, 2016 11:50:23 GMT
Miguel Cummins, who is not a batsman (career fc average 6.82 to date) has joined Worcestershire for the final month of the season. His Twitter account suggests he is quite a character. Apart from the account handle of lamar_pooh, there is this entry from April:
A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch break because his trust is not on the branch but on his wings! Believe in yourself
So he's clearly not going to be deterred by dodgy footholds. Pity they didn't get him at the start of the season when New Road was just emerging from the waves.
lamar/Miguel has taken 125 wickets at 22.44, and took 6/48 against India in the 2nd test earlier this month. He is reputedly quick and we shall hope to see him at Hove from 12th - 15th September
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Post by coverpoint on Aug 28, 2016 11:17:11 GMT
Wicket-keeper-batsman Ollie Pope who only signed a two year professional the other day is playing for Surrey today ahead of the more experienced Arun Harinath.
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Post by leedsgull on Aug 30, 2016 11:05:39 GMT
Essex website says "big announcement at 1pm". They have been linked with Adam Wheater & James Vince at Hants. All seems a bit premature. Hants may stay up and Essex not get promoted. Perhaps it is purely an announcement about change of caterer.
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Post by leedsgull on Aug 30, 2016 12:04:12 GMT
Two year contract for Zaidi. Borderman will be pleased.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2016 12:04:22 GMT
Essex website says "big announcement at 1pm". They have been linked with Adam Wheater & James Vince at Hants. All seems a bit premature. Hants may stay up and Essex not get promoted. Perhaps it is purely an announcement about change of caterer. Wow. It was a 'big' one. 'Boom Boom' Zaidi has signed.... A CONTRACT EXTENSION!!! AND ITS FOR... TWO YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by joe on Aug 30, 2016 12:08:59 GMT
This was the big announcement??
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2016 13:08:55 GMT
This was the big announcement?? Yep. And at 12.50 Essex excitedly tweeted "Only ten minutes to go!" A slow day with a bad post-Bank Hol. hangover in Chelmsford, I think...
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Post by coverpoint on Aug 30, 2016 13:16:50 GMT
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Post by coverpoint on Aug 30, 2016 13:21:12 GMT
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Post by hhsussex on Aug 30, 2016 13:27:31 GMT
Surely this is a complete non sequitur: If Vince had had a successful start to his Test career it may not even be a talking point.
After all, he signed a contract extension until 2019 in October.
But Hampshire are hardly likely to stand in his way in the event of relegation if he wants to go.
If Hampshire are relegated then they most certainly would want to keep a batsman who scored highly in Division Two and could help them back up to Division 1, especially as he is contracted for a further three years. If another team is after him they would have to compensate Hants for the loss of (relative) certainty they have in depending on his skills.
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Post by leedsgull on Aug 30, 2016 14:19:09 GMT
Wheater has signed for Essex on loan for the rest of the season. Presumably it will become permanent if they are promoted. Clearly his days at Hampshire are over. Why else would they allow a player who recently scored a championship century to leave? The Zaidi story was obviously an aperitif to the big news.
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Post by coverpoint on Aug 30, 2016 14:19:30 GMT
Surely this is a complete non sequitur: If Vince had had a successful start to his Test career it may not even be a talking point.
After all, he signed a contract extension until 2019 in October.
But Hampshire are hardly likely to stand in his way in the event of relegation if he wants to go.
If Hampshire are relegated then they most certainly would want to keep a batsman who scored highly in Division Two and could help them back up to Division 1, especially as he is contracted for a further three years. If another team is after him they would have to compensate Hants for the loss of (relative) certainty they have in depending on his skills. Breaking news: Wheater has signed for Essex on loan from Hampshire for the rest of the season. Could a permanent move to Essex be on the cards. Does this indicate Foster is retiring?
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