Conjecture a-plenty

Sorry about the lateness of the blog tonight but its cricket night and I was late in. Missed the football (no great loss) had a good game (great loss) and came in to find serious conjecture about the new bowler coming in to replace Charl Langeveldt.

All sorts of names are being bandied around, most of them testimony to the contacts John Morris appears to have in international cricket. Some are more plausible than others and names such as Lance Klusener (rarely a bowler) could surely be discounted.
I have to say that I'm not au fait with the countries with whom we have the requisite trade agreement and whether, for example, Australians are eligible. It crossed my mind that if so a short term deal with Glenn McGrath could have been possible, given that the requirement is that the player must not have represented his country in the previous 12 months.

Shaun Pollock is another name being bandied about. Surely not? That would be a major coup for the county but I'd be genuinely astonished if it was true. Monde Zondeki is another name mentioned in despatches but he is very injury prone and I'd have thought an unlikely signing.

It is only rumour that suggests an international player and logic suggests a domestic bowler, perhaps, as mentioned previously, Steffan Jones. Having said that, one would expect a domestic bowler to be signed up quickly and surely counties would know of their availability rather than all this cloak and dagger stuff.

If it is a foreign player, the thinking money is on a South African, maybe a contact of Langeveldt's. I dare say all will be revealed in the next few days. Hopefully by that time we'll have won against Leicester tomorrow. This is the type of banana skin we've slipped on times many in recent years and I'll be convinced of an improvement in our fortunes when we beat teams like the Foxes, on paper nowhere in our class as a side. They have one or two decent players but I hope for a clinical performance tomorrow and a WIN!