English off season 2012/13.

Lot of Saffies signed in the last 6 months Myburgh.Jennings,Meschende,Rippon,Cooke,Delange,so expect Saffies to be raided the next 6 months despite the 7 year waiting time.
Hogan and Angus Robson Aussies signed,expect Stoinos and Fawcett to get county contracts.
Lot of players released,few have joined counties,look to 2nd division pros to join 1st division.
Let the games begin.

Where does supersub Scott Elstone go now? Or is he going to be another Garry Pratt like and retire

I dunno but clubs have been trialing a whole heap of european cricketers,they may get a guernsey.

Solanki, Scott, Cameron and Manuel gone from Worcs. Vik's off to Surrey; Cameron has quit the game and so has Scott I think. Wouldn't mind betting that we let Choudhry go if we can get hold of a proper spinner.

Slogdonki to Surrey ... to torment Tom.

lardbucket wrote:Slogdonki to Surrey ... to torment Tom.

He wouldn't take the cut in salary he was offered. He'll probably enjoy the Oval's flatter pitches.

brockley wrote:Lot of Saffies signed in the last 6 months Myburgh.Jennings,Meschende,Rippon,Cooke,Delange,so expect Saffies to be raided the next 6 months despite the 7 year waiting time.
Hogan and Angus Robson Aussies signed,expect Stoinos and Fawcett to get county contracts.
Lot of players released,few have joined counties,look to 2nd division pros to join 1st division.
Let the games begin.

Are you Cecil Rhodes? Have you got Jameson ready with his saddlebags packed?

Glamorgan (Welsh Dragons no longer) are hanging on to North.

No wonder they struggle.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/19595016

The Kent section looks depressingly empty.

We've got Spriegel yay but that's old news - we're going to sign one more as well wow

Brass Monkey wrote:We've got Spriegel yay but that's old news - we're going to sign one more as well wow

Will the last person to leave Surrey please turn out the lights?

They'll be fine (as usual) they'll buy in the talent (as usual) - the players leaving are pants (as usual).

Well, I know they're not most people's favourite team, but does feel like a promising young team being torn apart due to tragic circumstances in this case.

Not sure, myself. The only one they've lost that I rated was Maynard,

Well, haven't watched too much of Spriegel, and know RHB has always divided opinion, but it just felt like a team set to mature together and be a real force again.

Will be interesting to see if Steve Davies can get his career back on track there, or if he too decides to move on. Couldn't buy a run in the second half of the season, and although there's no longer likely to be a slot for a second specialist keeper in the Test squad with Bairstow's emergence as a batsman, he would have slipped well down the pecking order if there was.

Davies has just signed a new three-year contract for Slurrey

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/19595016
Counties in and outs.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-england-2012/content/story/582745.html
English lions squad.

Majid Sahmood has been let go by Lancs. There's one player Dello has well and truly Trevved.

Chaminda's done and dusted at the 'hants.

Brass Monkey wrote:Majid Sahmood has been let go by Lancs.

out to stud

James Harris has joined Middlesex.

The new Paul Franks has decided to try and become the new whatever weedy-armed trundler Middlesex might've had once upon a time.

Maybe they'll tell him to stop dobbing, now he's not at a rainy ground.

Yorkshire in the lead for Jack Brooks.

But will they go the extra mile and bid for his headband too?

Doubt he'll want to slum it up that feral shitheap, unless they're paying him megabucks.