Jayawardene no-no

So we're not going to see Mahela Jayawardena in Derbyshire colours this year.

I have to say that to some extent I'm pleased. His cultured style isn't really made for a 20/20 thrash and he's not going to do deeds that would enable him to go down in legend in the short game.

I was very excited when I first heard of his signing, but the Asian fixture calendar is now so congested that it effectively rules out all players from Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan. Similar problems were encountered when attempting to sign Mohammad Yousuf.

So where do we go from here? I'm sure John Morris has some names at this stage, but perhaps an all rounder might be the best bet. James Hopes of Australia is a fine player, who can open in 20/20 and bowl at the death, while someone like Loots Bosman of South Africa, who had some devastating displays in their domestic 20/20 this winter, or Luke Pomersbach of Western Australia could be good bets. The latter, a former team mate of Chris Rogers (who has now signed for Victoria) also produced some huge hitting in their version of the game and at 23 has a reputation to make. So too does fellow Western Australian Shaun Marsh, son of former Aussie opener Geoff, who in fact headed the Australian KFC 20/20 batting averages and is now firmly in the Australian selectors thoughts. Another well-known to Chris Rogers and I'm sure that John Morris will sound out the opinions of both him and Dom Telo with regard to possibilities in their homeland.

Its yet more for us to look forward to and 11am cannot come soon enough!