Monday 1 June 2009

Hayward signs - it's official!

News on the club site tonight that Nantie Hayward has indeed signed for the county and is awaiting a visa to play for us until the end of the season as a Kolpak player.

No need to say more than I said in tonight's earlier piece, except that I think he's the best bowler we could have got in the circumstances.

I'm old enough to remember when Ian Bishop joined Derbyshire as the replacement for Michael Holding. Bish was no Holding but he was a very fine bowler. Charl Langeveldt is no Holding either, but was hugely influential in our successes last year. Who's to say that Hayward won't be too?

The slowish County Ground tracks might not be to his liking, but my guess is that there'll be some bounce in wickets if we get this long hot summer we're promised and Hayward could be a potent weapon in such conditions. As various Yorkshire batsmen are supposed to have said - none of us like fast bowling but some don't let on. If Hayward stays fit I think that he could get a good few wickets and the other bowlers could benefit from his efforts too.

Good news. Now let's beat Lancashire tomorrow.

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