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Post by nemouk on Oct 8, 2019 16:41:30 GMT
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Post by nemouk on Oct 8, 2019 16:41:48 GMT
Can get started early with the news that Hashim Amla is joining Surrey as a kolpak player.
Prepared to look daft but think that might be a bad signing, think he's not even close to the magnificent player he was and will struggle.
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Post by Balladeer on Oct 8, 2019 17:01:47 GMT
At the same time this is what the Kolpak system should be used for. Great player, retired from international cricket, wants something more than franchise cricket. Excellent stuff, I hope it pays dividends.
Much better than Midduel Cummins.
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Post by nemouk on Oct 9, 2019 10:47:33 GMT
Probably fair. Think we might get a bit of a kolpak rush this winter as they'd be eligible as non-international players for the bloody Hundred that way - Colin Ingram is already a "local icon" for Welsh Fire. Steyn to Hampshire is near certain, right?
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Post by pierredelafranchesca on Oct 15, 2019 15:33:02 GMT
Malan to Yorks.....that's a very decent signing for us, and as left field as they come. Does this class as poaching? Or is it a move that suits all involved - esp with Middx wallowing in D2 for another season?
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Post by Balladeer on Oct 15, 2019 15:41:08 GMT
It is technically poaching because you’re stealing from a div. 2 county, and goodness knows they need their batsmen at the moment; but Middlesex isn’t exactly poor.
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Post by pierredelafranchesca on Oct 15, 2019 19:11:54 GMT
It is technically poaching because you’re stealing from a div. 2 county, and goodness knows they need their batsmen at the moment; but Middlesex isn’t exactly poor. Aye, I can't imagine we're paying him any more than he's on at the moment, it's not like we're a bigger boy chucking the cash a la Notts, more just offering D1 cricket and a better opportunity at sneaking back in the test team. I suspect they'll miss him a lot more in the short form than in the CC
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Post by soulcircus on Oct 16, 2019 16:30:03 GMT
Ravi off to Sussex!
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Post by nemouk on Oct 17, 2019 14:17:21 GMT
Interesting one that, sounds like Sussex are willing to be a bit more relaxed about his playing in other T20 leagues than Essex are (as well as his batting position).
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Post by nemouk on Oct 17, 2019 14:45:49 GMT
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Post by Humair on Oct 17, 2019 18:42:23 GMT
Nice to see that Ryan ten Doeschate will be playing another season of county cricket as he has signed a one-year contract extension at Essex.
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Post by nemouk on Nov 4, 2019 12:42:07 GMT
Malan to Yorkshire confirmed. Interesting one, just desire to play D1 for one more push for the test side or something else?
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Post by pierredelafranchesca on Nov 4, 2019 14:51:37 GMT
Telling tweet from Compton wishing Yorks luck on this one......suspect he was not universally loved there
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Post by Balladeer on Nov 5, 2019 7:10:12 GMT
Who, Malan or Compton?
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Post by pierredelafranchesca on Nov 5, 2019 9:31:07 GMT
Compton tweeted it, so it would suggest that Malan may not be so well liked, it's clear he had issues with Laws, but for a former colleague to tweet that suggests some underlying probs
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