Sidebottom in on one-month loan

It seemed likely that it would be sooner, rather than later for Mickey Arthur to need to dip into the loan market. 

The injuries to Ben Aitchison and George Scrimshaw were not part of the plan, but with Mikey Cohen coming back from a stress fracture and the inexperienced Nick Potts the only other available and/or fit seamer, the Head of Cricket has moved quickly to bring in Ryan Sidebottom on loan for a month from Warwickshire.

At 32 he is an experienced bowler, although only 59 first-class wickets reflect a late start after an injury - hit early career in his native Australia.

He is a very good bowler, mind and just the sort who we need. At 6'4 he will get and enjoy bounce, his partnership with Suranga Lakmal and Sam Conners likely to be very handy.

He goes straight into the squad for Lord's tomorrow - more on that later!