Nottinghamshire have added another pace bowler, David Pattinson, to their ranks for the new season as cover for Ryan Sidebottom and Stuart Broad who will be on England duty from mid-May.
Pattinson, 28, is a swing bowler from Grimsby who spent his childhood in Australia. He has had spells in the Nottinghamshire second XI and penned a two-year deal. It follows the signing of 19-year-old Luke Fletcher.
Derbyshire are set to announce the signing of a young overseas batsman on a Kolpak deal after the player went for a registration interview with the ECB.
The name has yet to be released, and Derbyshire will have to wait until the ECB have a board meeting on April 9 for confirmation, but Tom Sears is confident the deal will go ahead.
â..It went very well and we don't anticipate a problem," Sears told the Derby Evening Telegraph. "All being well, we expect to announce our new signing at the press day on Wednesday."
The club also hope to sign a Kolpak bowler in the near future as John Morris, the coach, completes his squad for 2008 after Wavell Hinds had his registration turned down by the ECB.
April 4, 2008
Hogg misses start of season
Posted on 04/04/2008 in Lancashire
Kyle Hogg, the Lancashire allrounder, has been ruled out of the first four to six weeks of the season after breaking a finger on his right hand during fielding practice.
The injury doesn't require surgery or a cast and Mike Watkinson, the Lancashire coach, said: "It's a blow, but these things happen. We'll just have to cover for it."
And, in an interview with the Manchester Evening News, Hogg admits that a lack of opportunities at Old Trafford might force him look elsewhere if this season doesn't go well.
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