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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2016 7:07:16 GMT
Received a message overnight saying Stevens has three golf days and a dinner still to go in his benefit year calendar and his future won't be announced until after that.
Does that mean he's on the move? There would be no need to wait if he's planning to see out his career at Kent. Or perhaps he and his agent are genuinely undecided and are still weighing the different offers against each other? If so, a nice position to be in at his age...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2016 19:35:20 GMT
The mood music today is that Stevens is definitely on the move - whether Sussex are favourites to snap him up or he's bound for Leics or Northants is still unclear.
He scored a defiant century today and under the headline 'Old dog Stevens refuses to go quietly', cricinfo confirms that he may have played his last innings for Kent. The player himself is quoted as saying that his preference is to stay but it is clear he has not been offered a contract - or at least one that he can accept. At the close of play he noted tartly: "There was a bit of anger, frustration and disappointment in that knock today."
It seems very similar to the situation when Sussex sacked Murray Goodwin a few seasons back - a veteran employee at the apex of the pay scale and a committee that is understandably reluctant to spend top dollar on a player who they fear may be 'over the hill'.
If Stevens moves it will surely be on a much-reduced salary, as Goodwin had to accept when he went to Glamorgan.
To be fair to Sussex, they handled the Goodwin situation far better than Kent seem to be handling the Stevens impasse : if you remember Sussex organised a fantastic presentation to Muzza at the end of his final match for the county and flew his parents over from Australia to be there at the club's expense.
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Post by hhsussex on Sept 23, 2016 14:27:35 GMT
In this case, not on the move. Northants have managed, despite all speculation to the contrary, to retain Ben Duckett until at least 2018. Possibly they think it is worth gambling on a much higher salary because it will attract interest to the club, and may be defrayed by an incremental contract within a year or so.
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Post by leedsgull on Sept 27, 2016 14:32:37 GMT
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Post by freddy838 on Sept 27, 2016 16:44:09 GMT
I've always felt Mickleburgh was an unfulfilled talent. Perhaps with a change of scenery he could do a Chopra. I'm not sure what better there is out there.
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Post by jonboy on Sept 27, 2016 22:15:19 GMT
I'm not sure, it depends who else we bring in. If we end up bringing in, say Mickleburgh and Hughes, for Taylor and Joyce, then that would be a disaster. No way could that be conceived as strengthening the batting.
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Post by hhsussex on Sept 28, 2016 11:18:36 GMT
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Post by coverpoint on Sept 28, 2016 13:06:50 GMT
Why would Mitchell leave one second division county for another especially when Durham and Warwickshire are looking for an opener following the departures of Mark Stoneman and Varun Chopra to Surrey and Essex?
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Post by jonboy on Sept 28, 2016 13:14:34 GMT
I'd think the short journey up the road to Edgebaston might be more appealing
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Post by coverpoint on Sept 28, 2016 13:54:20 GMT
I'd think the short journey up the road to Edgebaston might be more appealing Agreed.
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Post by jonboy on Sept 28, 2016 17:18:37 GMT
Northants sign Nathan Buck on a three year deal Was a promising young quick, but lost his way a little at Old Trafford
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Post by coverpoint on Sept 28, 2016 17:22:39 GMT
Northants sign Nathan Buck on a three year deal Was a promising young quick, but lost his way a little at Old Trafford With only Azharullah, Crook, Gleeson, Klienveldt and Sanderson as alternatives he would provide much some needed depth to the seam bowling attack.
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Post by leedsgull on Oct 4, 2016 14:16:41 GMT
Phil Mustard's move to Gloucester confirmed. He did rather well in his games on loan at the end of the season.
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Post by jonboy on Oct 7, 2016 7:54:02 GMT
By all accounts, we have a shopping list that includes, 2 middle order batsmen, and an all rounder. If Ed leaves, then you can add an opening bat to the list. Looking at those players released by other counties, there's little there to get excited about, with perhaps Mickleburgh and Chesney Hughes the pick of the bunch. Would any of those be better than what we have? Maybe they currently offer more than Salt and FHP, but they wouldn't be in our starting eleven, and anyway, you can't have a squad full of experienced pros, you have to have youngsters coming through.
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Post by jonboy on Oct 7, 2016 8:03:16 GMT
and now maybe a bit of news on the way
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