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Post by leedsgull on Dec 14, 2014 11:05:20 GMT
Finch was actually more successful in four day cricket than 20/20 for Yorkshire last season.He scored one century and batted very responsibly in the middle order when he covered a short absence by Williamson.
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Post by coverpoint on Dec 14, 2014 12:42:27 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2014 10:28:42 GMT
Interestingly Steve Smith tops a poll of who people would like to see as the next test captain if Clarke doesn't make it. I would have thought Haddin or Warner are more likely. Smith appointed captain for the second test v India, with Haddin as vice-captain. At 25, the youngest Australian captain since Kim Hughes. Good luck to Steve Smith. The century we saw him make at Hove in July 2013 was one of the best innings played against Sussex in recent seasons. The 84 scored by Phil Hughes wasn't far behind. Ed Cowan played well in both innings, too, I seem to remember. But Smith was the pick of them for me...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2014 10:25:54 GMT
Great ambition from Notts, who have signed both Philander and Hilfenhaus.
No wonder they weren't too fussed about releasing Shahzad from his contract!
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Post by andrenel on Dec 22, 2014 20:09:39 GMT
Superb signings by Notts. Can see Philander taking stacks of wickets with his accurate and nagging bowling and Hilfenhaus much the same. Very clever from Newell.
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Post by coverpoint on Dec 23, 2014 21:10:44 GMT
How many overseas players do Lancashire want? Having re-signed Prince on a Kolpak and set to announce the signing on another test batsman (Alviro Petersen?) also on a Kolpak along with a bowling all-rounder as their official all-rounder which would take them up to 27 players and would give them the biggest squad on the county circuit.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2014 22:09:48 GMT
How many overseas players do Lancashire want? Having re-signed Prince on a Kolpak and set to announce the signing on another test batsman (Alviro Petersen?) also on a Kolpak along with a bowling all-rounder as their official all-rounder which would take them up to 27 players and would give them the biggest squad on the county circuit. Can see Lancs winning Div Two by an even bigger margin than they did in 2013. The anomaly was their relegation last summer; they seemed to be on the back foot from the moment Moores left.. Makes you wonder what's in store for Sussex when Robinson moves on to a permanent post in the England set-up, as he surely will at some stage...
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Post by leedsgull on Dec 24, 2014 11:18:24 GMT
Lancashire also have the Zimbabwe Test player Kyle Jarvis as another Kolpak. However I do not expect them to do especially well next season. Their batting is terribly brittle and surely even Glenn Chapple will be less effective. They will miss Kyle Hogg and seem to have little experience in their bowling as Kabir Ali has also left.I think Division two will be closely fought with Essex,Surrey and Lancs all likely contenders.If Derbyshire sign a top overseas batsman then they also should be considered. I think we can rule out Leicestershire.
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Post by viewfromtheboundary on Dec 25, 2014 15:14:22 GMT
Lancashire will be signing an overseas bowler to lead the attack in addition to the kolpak batsman, Giles is also in the market for "projects" similar to when he signed Wright for Warwickshire. He wasn't starting at Essex but he has turned him into a decent opening bowler.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2015 12:13:20 GMT
Alviro Petersen announces retirement for international cricket to take up a kolpak position with an English county.
No announcement on which county - presumably his agent is still playing the field. Somerset, Lancs, Surrey, Notts, Essex and Middx all likely to be interested.
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Post by coverpoint on Jan 6, 2015 18:44:38 GMT
I can't see Middlesex being interested now they have signed Compton. Could be Lancashire as they mentioned about signing a Kolpak opener. It could be Somerset as they have lost Compton to Middlesex and Kiesweter to injury. I can't see it being Notts either. Would he join a Division 2 county?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2015 21:41:27 GMT
I can't see Middlesex being interested now they have signed Compton. Could be Lancashire as they mentioned about signing a Kolpak opener. It could be Somerset as they have lost Compton to Middlesex and Kiesweter to injury. I can't see it being Notts either. Would he join a Division 2 county? He's already played for two div two counties in Glamorgan and Essex. Notts would like him as the batting replacement for Hussey/Cowan, not having had an overseas batsman since 2013. Middx need another opener as both Rogers and Robson may be lost to the Ashes. Petersen is 34 and he hasn't given up international cricket because he's desperate to compete in the first division. He's turned his back on South Africa, whose players are among the worst paid in international cricket, because he needs a lucrative swansong to his playing career. If Surrey or Essex outbid the first division counties and offer a three year deal, that's where he will end up.
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Post by leedsgull on Jan 7, 2015 13:17:10 GMT
I do not see why there should be such a queue for Petersen. His record with Glamorgan/Essex/Somerset was moderate and not suggestive that he merits a "lucrative swansong".
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Post by hhsussex on Jan 22, 2015 7:50:24 GMT
Finally confirmation of Petersen's move to Lancashire. Lancashire confirm Petersen dealThe cricinfo story links Giles' rebuilding of the Lancashire squad with that of his own coaching career, but in both cases I suspect it will take more than a season to put matters right. Lancashire last season misfired badly in several places when they should have been well placed. As the cricinfo story points out, promising younger players like Reece and Procter simply haven't pushed on. I don't think the engagement of another ageing international of the upper second rank is going to change any of that, and I wonder if the long-term influence of Glen Chapple isn't counter-productive, in the way that Mike Watkinson's involvement became, constantly reminding younger players of former glories without incentivising them to achievements of their own? As for Giles, his seems to be a managerial, directorial position removed from the fray - rather like a non-spinning floater of the ball and 18-averaging batsman in a Test team.
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Post by hhsussex on Jan 26, 2015 12:21:53 GMT
Northants have signed Shahid Afridi for the first 6 T20 games this summer - that should help bring in the crowds,if anything can, and Northants are in desperate need of some revenue and colour after their chastening and expensive time last year.
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