County Cricket - Off season talk

[Vrock]

If anything happens that remotely affects the county game then this is the place to post it.

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/c...ml?CMP=OTC-RSS

Originally Posted by Younis Khan

Yorkshire have made me an offer to be their captain for next season.

What a signing if everything goes through. To have Younis in the middle order will be absolutely brilliant and he could captain Yorkshire to the Championship title...

[adamberry]

And of course, Vrock, the response to that is: You don't have Lehmann anymore, you don't stand a chance!

Kent have announced their overseas players for next year to be Andrew Hall and Yasir Arafat, but of course what we need is seam bowlers. Any good ones floating between counties at the moment?

[Collyisamackem]

Please have Ottis Gibson, we will pay you to! Take Jimmy Maher and Gordon Muchall too.

[Vrock]

Originally Posted by Collyisamackem

Please have Ottis Gibson, we will pay you to!

Ottis Gibson must be doing something for Durham behind the scenes because his performances haven't exactly been great.

Originally Posted by adamberry

And of course, Vrock, the response to that is: You don't have Lehmann anymore, you don't stand a chance!

Oh shoot! [myself in the foot] I forgot about that small detail... Well my respnse to that is: We have Adil Rashid; the next [lower-]middle order wizard and can bowl pretty good leg spin as well.

[greg]

Originally Posted by adamberry

And of course, Vrock, the response to that is: You don't have Lehmann anymore, you don't stand a chance!

We need a decent bat to replace Lehmann and we will win it with legspin.So there.

I reckon we will finish above Kent anyway.

[adamberry]

Originally Posted by Collyisamackem

Please have Ottis Gibson, we will pay you to! Take Jimmy Maher and Gordon Muchall too.

We need the money...but not the batsmen. Sorry!

Originally Posted by Vrock

Well my response to that is: We have Adil Rashid; the next [lower-]middle order wizard and can bowl pretty good leg spin as well.

And we have Joe Denly, who says he can bowl leg-spin as well. Except it doesn't turn. At all. On a spinning wicket.

Originally Posted by greg

I reckon we will finish above Kent anyway.

I reckon if Derbyshire were in Division 1 they'd finish above us too, it's that dire down here!

[Statto]

Ottis Gibsons coaching as well isnt he? He certainly was when he was at Leics, before he came back to playing.

[Collyisamackem]

He can stick to that then, no need to block young talent that is far better than him now!

[Collyisamackem]

http://www.sunderlandtoday.co.uk/Vie...icleid=1813650

Well, I'm impressed, Di Venuto has been the star in a poor Derbyshire side for a few seasons now and has to be a better top order bet than Maher. We've also signed Will Smith from Notts, Claydon from Yorkshire and Will Gidman, brother of Alex.

[cantplaycantalk]

Originally Posted by Collyisamackem

Please have Ottis Gibson, we will pay you to! Take Jimmy Maher and Gordon Muchall too.

You have to be joking Colly, Otis was one of the best batsmen in the Durham Squad last year, I have heard that he bowls a bit as well from time to time.