Sunday 12 October 2008

Deon Kruis

Has anyone else wondered whether Kruis might be headed to Derbyshire?
The word from Headingley is that they expect him to sign a contract 'with a rival' having rejected terms for another deal. At 34 he's a solid fast-medium bowler and there's few out there and available. Last season I watched him bowl a couple of beautiful spells, including one at Paul Borrington in a 2nds game where he beat the bat every other ball.
He is the finished article and would have at least a couple of good years. Given we have lost two seamers in White and Dean with Clarke's bowling also away (yes, I know) and the ranks need supplemented. Tom Lungley hasn't the greatest injury record, Ian Hunter is perhaps lucky to get another contract and I'm not sure that it is realistic to expect Wagg, Clare and Langeveldt to play as many matches as they did last year every season.
Seam bowling is hard work and I'd be happy to see the Kruis missile bowling at Derby next season. Interestingly, that game I saw at Denby was watched by Messrs Morris, Hendrick and Krikken, so...
Anyway, that's enough for now. Apologies for the lesser frequency of the blog but my laptop is awaiting repair and this has been done on the family Wii console. More to follow, when it has been repaired.

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