Ed Barnes, a former England under-19 player, is perhaps more accurately described as a seam bowler who knows how to bat, rather than an established all-rounder. Perhaps more, at this stage, a Michael Cohen than a Fynn Hudson-Prentice, but a welcome addition all the same. Fynn Hudson-Prentice may be rested to get over his leg injury from Trent Bridge, very much a player we want fully fit for the T20.
With the return of Ravi Rampaul from Trinidad delayed for the time being through Covid-19 travel restrictions, as well as Tony Palladino being out for foreseeable future, we will perforce have to continue with the rotation of our young bowlers in the Bob Willis Trophy. We don't want to get to the Vitality Blast and find ourselves with a couple of them burned out too, so swapping them in and out looks like the way to go.
Although, given that the Yorkshire player was due to play his club cricket for Barnard Castle this summer, its established credentials for assessing optical ability should have ensured that I did..
I don't know much about Ed Barnes, other than his having taken a lot of wickets for the Yorkshire Academy and second team. He went on loan to Sussex last year, but didn't play any games for them, though I suspect he will get game time with us.
It could be mutually beneficial. The player is one of twelve who are out of contract at the white rose county come the end of season and good displays with us could either persuade them that he is worth another deal, or make him an option for us to look at.
I am sure that he is known to Steve Kirby and Dave Houghton and descriptions I have seen say that he is tall, lively and gets a lot of bounce.
They sound like handy starting points for any bowler and I look forward to seeing him in action in the next week or two.
Presumably not the signing you were hinting about in a previous post ? Any progress on that one ?
ReplyDeleteNo, that is a permanent deal with effect from next year. Unless they opted for a loan to cover T20..
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