With this morning's announcement of the return of Dominic Cork to the Derbyhire coaching setup, the club's off-field picture is now complete.
It is welcome and common sense news. As a player, Dominic was second to none in his approach to the game and gave no quarter. He will expect the same from what is likely to be a young and fearless Derbyshire side in that format, where I fully expect high standard fielding to back up aggressive and common sense batting and bowling.
The players will not lack for support off the field and there is a definite 'feel good' factor around the club at present. There has not been massive recruitment over the winter, but what we have appears to fit very much into a common sense category.
Logan van Beek arrives from New Zealand as full season overseas player, and may well fly under the radar accordingly, while Tom Lace will have a season-long loan at the club from Middlesex. While critics may say that he has yet to make a first-class fifty, one has only to watch him bat to see that, and more, happening sometime soon.
The attack may be only one experienced player's injury from a problem, but the loan market could then be utilised. I would expect a few counties to look to Surrey in such a situation, where they seem to have three sides worth of seam bowlers. With two Currans, Dernbach, Dunn, McKerr, Meaker, Morkell, Plunkett, Jordan Clark and Rikki Clarke they have staggering depth, even allowing for England calls and the odd injury.
In closing today, good luck to Wayne Madsen, who starts his stint with Peshawar Zalmi in the PSL
I have every confidence he will do well.
I’ve been expecting the Cork news for a while. Pleased to get it out of the way as next job is to sort the second overseas. Starting to think a seamer like Wahab Riaz again might be better than a spinner such as Santner. We have Critchley, Madsen, McKiernan who seems highly rated and perhaps with Viljoen gone another seamer (even all rounder) might be the best way to go. Anyway good luck to Corky.
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