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I thought it might be useful to keep track of the movement of players over the winter, might help with any anti post bets come the summer. I don’t own any pens or paper so will stick it here. feel free to add any news.
Derbyshire – Lee Goddard(Durham)
Durham – Michael Richardson(MCC Young Cricketers)
Essex – Billy Godleman(Middlesex)
Glamorgan – James Allenby(Leicester)
Hampshire – Ajantha Mendis(Sri Lanka), Simon Jones(Worcester)
Lancashire – *Daren Powell(West Indies), [/color:2g5i36sp]Stephen Moore(Worcester)*[/color:2g5i36sp]may have fallen through
Leicestershire – Andrew Mcdonald(Australia), Will Jefferson(Notts), James Benning(Surrey)
Middlesex – Tom Smith(Sussex)
Northants – Mel Loye(Lancashire)
Notts – (David Hussey(Australia), Neil Edwards(Somerset)
Somerset – Murli Kartik(India), Nick Compton(Middlesex)
Surrey – Piyush Chawla(India), Steven Davies(Worcester), Gareth Batty(Worcester)
Warwickshire – Varun Chopra(Essex), Imran Tahir(Hampshire)
Worcstershire – Andrew Hughes(TRF)
Yorkshire – Ryan Harris(Australia)
I will make a list of any decent players released or retired later on tonite.
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Warwickshire – Varun Chopra(Essex), Imran Tahir(Hampshire)
Wow. Let’s hope they’re strengthening the trophy cabinet.
Mike
The ones we wont be seeing, all retired
Paul Wiseman – Durham
John Crawley – Hampshire
Mark Ealham – Notts
Andy Caddick – Somerset
Justin Langer
Carl Gazzard
Mark Butcher – Surrey
Michael Vaughan – Yorkshire
Deon KruisThe ones who might be coming to a club near you, all released
Wavell Hinds – Derbyshire
James Middlebrook – EssexStephen Adshead – Gloucstershire
David Brown*Gone to Glamorgan
Craig Spearman
Billy Taylor – Hampshire
Martin Saggers – Kent
Ryan Mclaren
HD Ackerman – Leicstershire
Boeta Dippenaar
Chris Silverwood – Middlesex
Omari Banks – Somerset
Dwayne Smith – Sussex
Matthew Hoggard – Yorkshire*Gone to Leicestershire
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cant believe gazzard has retired would not mind at edgbaston as ambrose might be leaving was reported in local rag as being un happy is gazzard injured or disillusioned?
Welcome to the forum mt151169, whats with the numbers on your username, is it your date of birth?
The reason behind Gazzard retiring is to enable him to concentrate on a career in the financial sector.
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I don’t think there is anybody crazy enough to back Glamorgan for next season’s 40 over league but if there is they should note that Glamorgan have been deducted 2 points for a bad pitch which will be carried over for the start of the said competition.
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If Hoggard’s release from Yorkshire was in part due to money offered, and Leicestershire is still not among the most flush clubs out of the 18, then the move of the former to the latter doesn’t quite add up to me. Or am I missing something here?
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There was a host of offers from several other clubs including Essex and Sussex, perhaps he chose Leicestershire for geographical reason’s as it’s closer to Yorkshire and he can get back quicker for proper yorkshire puddings yum yum.
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Update; Monty Panesar has left Northants to join Sussex on a three year deal.
Steffan Jones has joined Derbyshire on a one year contract after playing for the county on-loan last season.
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Worcestershire have signed Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan as their Overseas player but he will not be available until mid July.
Shakib says " I am thrilled and inspired to be joining the team once graced by Ian Botham, Imran Khan and Kapil Dev."
I am a bit surprised he does not mention Graeme Hick or Andrew Hughes in his list of inspirations.
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The Australian legend that is Adam Gilchrist will be playing in the group stages, maybe further in the Twenty 20 competition for Middlesex this season.
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Nick James ex Warwickshire has signed a contract with Glamorgan after a successful trial.
James Anyon has joined Sussex from Warwickshire.
Dirk Nannes has signed for Notts for the Twenty20 only.
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James Anyon’s not a bad acquisition for Sussex, I fancy. Certainly some elements of their pace attack are ageing rapidly now – I can’t imagine there are too many good, injury-free seasons left to be eked out of the likes of James Kirtley, Robin Martin-Jenkins, etc.
I’m less enthused about the signing of Monty for the same county. Not just because leg-, rather than finger-spinners have on balance prospered more at Hove over the last 15 years or so, but also because I’d far rather have seen Will Beer entrusted with a run in the County Championship team.
Maybe, at 21, the thinking is that Beer is still a year or two away from being thrust into regular first-team action without the risk of getting some fearsome clatterings, but I’m not sure that isn’t just being a bit overcautious.
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James Anyon’s not a bad acquisition for Sussex, I fancy. Certainly some elements of their pace attack are ageing rapidly now – I can’t imagine there are too many good, injury-free seasons left to be eked out of the likes of James Kirtley, Robin Martin-Jenkins, etc.
I’m less enthused about the signing of Monty for the same county. Not just because leg-, rather than finger-spinners have on balance prospered more at Hove over the last 15 years or so, but also because I’d far rather have seen Will Beer entrusted with a run in the County Championship team.
Maybe, at 21, the thinking is that Beer is still a year or two away from being thrust into regular first-team action without the risk of getting some fearsome clatterings, but I’m not sure that isn’t just being a bit overcautious.
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They maybe protecting Beer from a few clatterings but if he does not get much of an involvement then they will also be holding him back from taking a lot of cheaper wickets as Division Two is not the same standard of Division One and Sussex look about the strongest team in their league.
I think Monty is one to keep an eye on, not likely to get an England recall any time soon with Swann and Rashid seemingly ahead of him, Hove being a spinners track, playing in div 2 against presumably lesser players. He didn’t take anywhere nearly as many wickets as expected at Northants last season but the noise from there is that the tracks had more pace in them and less help for the spinners and a move could rejuvenate him. I will be keeping a look out for the leading wicket taker market and at this moment in time Monty would be high up on my list, hopefully the bookies take the view that he is a has been and dangle a large carrot.
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