Couple of snippets..

Thanks to a couple of regular readers who mailed me after the Members Forum at the County Ground during the week.

During the course of the discussions, John Morris confirmed that he had money for a second overseas player in the T20 this season.

That's the good news.

The bad news is that he said he has missed out on another player who will be joining another county and that he also missed out on an Indian international who was unavailable, or didn't want to come. I suppose it amounts to the same thing.

Conjecture will be rife as to the players concerned, but I've heard from other sources that Albie Morkel is set to join Durham having turned down another good offer. My money is that we were the ones who missed out, with Morkel seeing Durham as a good option to add to his collection of silverware.

As for the Indian, take your pick. It won't have been Tendulkar, who turned down Middlesex, nor Yuvraj Singh who is apparently going there. We'd not have said no to Sehwag, I'm sure, but conjecture is useless.

Like me, watch the IPL and understand that John Morris probably will be too. I am sure that he has another few irons in the fire and will plug away until one of them gets hot.

Finally today, Victoria did beat Western Australia today to set up a final in the next couple of weeks against Queensland. Leicestershire signing Andrew McDonald was again in the wickets, as was Damian Wright as Chris Rogers side won by 54 runs.

Rogers and Robin Peterson will be the only squad members who won't travel to Barbados in the next few days. They have to finish off their domestic commitments before heading to the UK and what should be a great summer of cricket.

Enjoy your weekend!