SA Footy

Last seasons thread died a slow death so Ill hope this will fare a bit better and make the end of the season.

First news is the commiting of Adam Voges to Nottinghamshire

http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/england ... 83939.html

Bit of a story about the signing of Stuart Clark with Kent

Stuart Clark has agreed to join Kent on a six-week deal, a stint in which he hopes to demonstrate his enduring class as a fast bowler, and revive his prospects of leading Australia's attack in the forthcoming Ashes in July

In addition to Clark, two other members of Australia's likely Ashes touring party have signed county deals for the start of the English summer, with Marcus North heading for Hampshire and Phillip Hughes linking with Middlesex. But whereas North and Hughes have played just four Tests between them and penned county deals prior to earning selection for Australia, Clark is a seasoned veteran seeking match practice in his comeback from elbow surgery. That, ECB chiefs insist, should deter Kent - or any other county - from signing him in an Ashes year.

Stuart Clark has been stunned by the irascible response to his signing with Kent, and believes the comments of several senior ECB officials have been "over the top". The veteran fast bowler faxed his Cricket Australia medical clearance to the county on Thursday - the last of the formalities in finalising a short-term contract - and plans to arrive in Canterbury in mid-April to begin his playing stint.

Kent's signing of Clark has been strongly criticised by Geoff Miller, the national selector, and Hugh Morris, the managing director of England cricket, both of whom have accused the county of providing succour to a key member of the Australian squad in an Ashes year. Clark, though, believes too much has been made of his temporary move to Canterbury, which he hopes will assist him in his comeback from elbow surgery.

from various articles on cricinfo

Phil Highes will be with Middlesex for a six week stint

Love the County scene especially with the upcoming Ashes.

*David Warner is playing 20/20 with Durham

*Mark Cosgrove is playing with Glamorgan

*Chris Rogers is captaining Derbyshire but has had trouble with his visa so 40 yr old Stuart Law has taken his spot(Round 1). (Was originally just playing limited overs cricket)

*Sussex has signed Damien Wright.

*Andre Nel has retired from International Cricket and signed for Surrey as a Kolpak player.

Pup wrote:Love the County scene especially with the upcoming Ashes.

*David Warner is playing 20/20 with Durham

*Mark Cosgrove is playing with Glamorgan

*Chris Rogers is captaining Derbyshire but has had trouble with his visa so 40 yr old Stuart Law has taken his spot(Round 1). (Was originally just playing limited overs cricket)

*Sussex has signed Damien Wright.

*Andre Nel has retired from International Cricket and signed for Surrey as a Kolpak player.

ill put it out there, that i reckon Mark Cosgrove will play some form of cricket for Australia in England this year

Get on it wrote:

Pup wrote:Love the County scene especially with the upcoming Ashes.

*David Warner is playing 20/20 with Durham

*Mark Cosgrove is playing with Glamorgan

*Chris Rogers is captaining Derbyshire but has had trouble with his visa so 40 yr old Stuart Law has taken his spot(Round 1). (Was originally just playing limited overs cricket)

*Sussex has signed Damien Wright.

*Andre Nel has retired from International Cricket and signed for Surrey as a Kolpak player.

ill put it out there, that i reckon Mark Cosgrove will play some form of cricket for Australia in England this year

Not IMO.

1st day of the Championship overnight.

Cosgrove made 23 opening the batting and took 1/14 from 7 overs.

Aussie (or Shield) & Kiwis playing County cricket this year. (let us know if any have been missed)

Glamorgan - Mark Cosgrove
Worcestershire - Ashley Noffke
Derbyshire - Chris Rogers (Captain), Stuart Law
Kent - Stuart Clark
Someset - Justin Langer (Captain)
Nottinghamshire - Adam Voges, Darren Pattinson
Durham - David Warner, Michael DiVenuto
Hampshire - Marcus North
Sussex - Damian Wright, Murray Goodwin
Middlesex - Phillip Hughes
Gloucestershire - Craig Spearman, James Franklin, Hamish Marshall
Leicestershire - Iian O'Brien
Scotland - Cameron Borgas

Get on it wrote:

Pup wrote:Love the County scene especially with the upcoming Ashes.

*David Warner is playing 20/20 with Durham

*Mark Cosgrove is playing with Glamorgan

*Chris Rogers is captaining Derbyshire but has had trouble with his visa so 40 yr old Stuart Law has taken his spot(Round 1). (Was originally just playing limited overs cricket)

*Sussex has signed Damien Wright.

*Andre Nel has retired from International Cricket and signed for Surrey as a Kolpak player.

ill put it out there, that i reckon Mark Cosgrove will play some form of cricket for Australia in England this year

Cosgrove 120 at Lords!

i wonder if the $45,000 one year deal on the table from saca has been upped over night. 3 tons in his last 4 first class games if you included the oxford warm up match

Sounds like cossie batted really well, great start to his county season.
batted for 4 and a half hours i think

Australians in form in England.

Cosgrove and Hughes both scoring centuries in the same game.

Voges made 99 earlier in the week.

Pup wrote:*Andre Nel has retired from International Cricket and signed for Surrey as a Kolpak player.

'scuse my ignorance, but what is a Kolpak player?

Brock Landers wrote:

Pup wrote:*Andre Nel has retired from International Cricket and signed for Surrey as a Kolpak player.

'scuse my ignorance, but what is a Kolpak player?

its a Court ruling in favour of Maros Kolpak a Slovakian Handball player (you know the game we all get really interested in every 4 years) who won a case that no resident of a European Union member country be prevented from working in another member country. Where South Africa comes into the frame is that the are a member of the ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific countries) which have and associate agreement with the European Union. This mainly is applied to competitions that have restrictions on the number of foreign players each team can have.


So in short its a back door entry to county cricket for African and West Indian players

Di Venuto 143 for Durham overnight.

North 14

Cosgrove 8 in the second innings.

Stuart Law with a 0 and 8.

Phillip Hughes continues his brilliant start with 99* at Stumps. Cosgrove also 37* when rain stopped play for his side.

Cosgrove got out for 50, so pretty good start to his county season
Phil Hughes Made 139, Excellent start to the English summer for him and Strauss got 150 in the same match

Poms will be losing it now! Hughes is obviously very much enjoying English conditions. Augurs well for the Ashes...

Phil Hughes got a another Hundred overnight, thats three in four innings.
452 runs at an average 225

Friends Providnet Trophy STATS

223 runs @ 55.75, SR 96.12, HS 144, 1 hundred - M Goodwin
215 runs @ 53.75, SR 86.34, HS 92, 2 fifties - C Spearman
147 runs @ 49.00, SR 79.45, HS 65, 2 fifties - C Borgas
147 runs @ 24.50, SR 87.50, HS 56, 1 fifty - H Marshall
132 runs @ 44.00, SR 74.57, HS 95, 1 fifty - S Law
121 runs @ 24.20, SR 77.07, HS 74, 1 fifty - P Hughes
116 runs @ 23.20, SR 69.04, HS 32 - M DiVenuto
109 runs @ 36.33, SR 73.15, HS 48 - A Voges
93 runs @ 23.25, SR 122.36, HS 72, 1 fifty - M Cosgrove
80 runs @ 20.00, SR 84.21, HS 30* - G Elliott
57 runs @ 28.50, SR 77.02, HS 51*, 1 fifty - J Franklin
42 runs @ 42.00, SR 75.00, HS 42 - C Rogers
18 runs @ 9.00, SR 105.68, HS 13 - D Wright
8 runs @ 8.00, SR 100.00, HS 8 - I O'Brien

10 wickets @ 15.20, Econ 4.16, Best 3/18 - J Franklin
7 wickets @ 28.71, Econ 5.74, Best 4/14 - G Elliott
4 wickets @ 24.60, Econ 4.36, Best 3/37 - A Noffke
4 wickets @ 33.75, Econ 5.15, Best 2/32 - I O'Brien
3 wickets @ 26.66, Econ 3.63, Best 2/24 - D Wright
2 wickets @ 41.50, Econ 5.92, Best 2/50 - M Cosgrove
1 wicket @ 77.00, Econ 5.77, Best 1/31 - A Voges
0 for 18 - H Marshall
0 for 21 - C Borgas

County Championship STATS

574 runs @ 143.50, HS 195, 3 hundreds, 2 fifites - P Hughes Most 1st class runs in England this season
355 runs @ 71.00, HS 143, 2 hundreds, 1 fifty - M DiVenuto
330 runs @ 110.00, HS 99, 4 fifties - A Voges
279 runs @ 93.00, HS 122*, 1 hundred, 1 fifty - J Langer
224 runs @ 37.33, HS 76, 3 fifties - H Marshall
178 runs @ 59.33, HS 120, 1 hundred, 1 fifty - M Cosgrove
94 runs @ 18.80, HS 38 - J Franklin
88 runs @ 29.33, HS 42 - D Wright
59 runs @ 11.80, HS 21 - M Goodwin
56 runs @ 18.66, HS 31 - I O'Brien
52 runs @ 26.00, HS 39 - A Noffke
39 runs @ 13.00, HS 28 - C Spearman
39 runs @ 9.75, HS 29 - S Law
23 runs @ 11.50, HS 22 - G Elliott
19 runs @ 19.00, HS 19 - D Pattinson
15 runs @ 15.00, HS 15 - M North

5 wickets @ 14.80, Best 3/23 - J Franklin
5 wickets @ 37.40, Best 3/64 - D Wright
3 wickets @ 64.66, Best 2/78 - I O'Brien
2 wickets @ 22.00, Best 1/1 - H Marshall
1 wicket @ 150.00, Best 1/77 - A Noffke
0/9 - P Hughes
0/15 - G Elliott
0/18 - A Voges
0/21 - C Borgas
0/45 - D Pattinson

Ryan Harris, the Queensland allrounder, will be able to send reminders to the Australian selectors over the next month after joining Surrey for three County Championship matches. Harris made his ODI debut in January but did not add to the appearance and missed the latter stages of the home season with a foot injury.

http://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket20 ... 07502.html