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  • Batty relishing Glos link-up with Russell
    Gloucestershire’s winter signing Jonathan Batty says he already feels a rejuvenated cricketer after just a couple of months with his new club. The former Surrey wicketkeeper has been relishing the training programme put in place by director of cricket John Bracewell. “I feel reinvigorated,” sa...
  • Rankin back on the road to recovery
    Warwickshire expect Ireland fast bowler Boyd Rankin to be fit for the start of the new season after recovering from a foot injury. The problem, identified as the early stages of a stress fracture, was picked up by ECB medical staff at Loughborough last month and Rankin was withdrawn from Irelan...
  • Panesar: winter soul-searching will do me good
    Monty Panesar believes the soul-searching he has done over the last few months will help him become a better cricketer. The 27-year-old began training with his new county Sussex this week after spending the winter playing in South Africa’s first-class competition for Highveld Lions. His statis...
  • Durham captain aims for one-day improvement
    Although Durham’s Will Smith is a relatively young county captain at 27, he is a traditionalist by nature and is surprised by how rapidly the game is changing. As he faces his second season in charge he accepts, however, that he and his team will have to move with the times and not be content wi...
  • Mills provides financial star turn at Edgbaston
    It’s not often that the financial statement is the highlight of a county’s annual meeting but Warwickshire treasurer Steven Mills is quickly becoming the star turn at Edgbaston. The Midlands businessman uses computer graphics to make a profit and loss account interesting and often uses his spee...
  • Kieswetter selection sits unhappily with me
    Talk about carpe diem! Craig Kieswetter, who makes his first appearance for England against Bangladesh in the 50-over international on Sunday, is the talk of Dhaka after his truly remarkable start in an England shirt. All over Scotland, his mother's native land, kilts must be swirling, cabers t...
  • Napier waits for ECB security advice on IPL
    Essex all-rounder Graham Napier is facing an anxious few days as he waits for advice from the ECB over security issues that could affect his participation in the IPL. The 30 year-old is contracted to play for Mumbai Indians but security concerns are threatening, once again, to take the tourname...
  • Essex appoint Silverwood as bowling coach
    Essex have appointed Chris Silverwood as the club's bowling coach, replacing Graeme Welch who has returned to Warwickshire to take up a similar role there. Speaking to the Essex club website, coach Paul Grayson welcomed the appointment of the former England fast bowler. "Chris is a highly resp...
  • Tuffey and Gibbs to boost Yorkshire prospects
    Yorkshire have signed Herschelle Gibbs for this coming season’s Friends Provident Twenty20 Cup only days after announcing that New Zealander Daryl Tuffey will provide early season cover for Ryan Harris. Australian seamer Harris was signed in October to replace the disappointing Rana Naved-ul-Has...
  • Rose predicts rapid rise for Kieswetter
    Somerset director of cricket Brian Rose is predicting that Craig Kieswetter’s meteoric rise towards full England status will prove to be no flash in the pan. The 22-year-old wicketkeeper, from Johannesburg, only qualified as an England player last week. But he has been such a success on the Lion...
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