First up, I’m not at all surprised to see someone move for Alviro Petersen. He is a decent batsman and has been doing well in South Africa as skipper. Yet to offer someone with limited experience of English conditions the county captaincy is a very bold move. It replicates what we did with Eddie Barlow, although Eddie was a better player with a bigger reputation. I thought we might see him in county cricket as a Kolpak, but his Test selection against Pakistan in Dubai suggests that he is still seen as an international player.
The fall out, however, could be substantial. It would appear that Matt Maynard as coach wanted Mark Cosgrove back, while skipper Jamie Dalrymple may seek a move to another county as a result of being deposed. See:
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sports/cricket-news/2010/11/16/glamorgan-sack-jamie-dalrymple-as-captain-and-appoint-alviro-petersen-91466-27664780/
I’m not sure how much of this is press talk and how much is based on fact. Yorkshire and Derbyshire now chasing Cosgrove? I think he’s a good player and scores a lot of runs, but if we were thinking of appointing an overseas captain, which must be an option, I don’t see Cosgrove in such a role. Maybe we’d give that to Greg Smith, or maybe we just see this as a load of tosh…
While it is not written in tablets of stone and cannot be deemed irreversible, cash-strapped Yorkshire reckoned that they had spent their overseas money on Ryan Sidebottom and that their young batsmen such as Joe Root and Gary Ballance would compete for Jacques Rudolph’s position in the side.
IF there is anything in it, for what its worth, I think that Cosgrove would score a bucketful of runs for whatever county he plays for. I’ve no more idea about John Morris’ plans than the rest of you, but I’d have thought that Cosgrove’s record for Glamorgan would earn him greater interest from elsewhere than being a second overseas player.
He has carried his form for the Welsh side into Australian domestic cricket this winter and while jibes about his size are easy, they will be irrelevant if he continues to score heavily. Just as former German goal machine Gerd Muller was deemed selfish if he shot and missed, but a great talent when he more frequently scored, such is the case for Cosgrove.
While the perception of the modern sportsman is of a whippet-thin, perfect physical specimen, one has to consider that the less obviously natural athlete Cosgrove misses very little cricket through injury. He also scores enough runs, like Milburn, Inzamam, Lehmann and many others before him, for it not to be an issue.
1200 Championship runs at 50, 400 one-day runs at 50 and 560 T20 runs at 35 last season carries more weight than the player. Given his availability for the full season I don’t think he will lack for suitors.
Whether one of them is Derbyshire we’ll have to wait and see.
Dalrymple would be a good signing for Derbyshire. We need another spinner and he can bat in the top six. I have already said that Cosgrove would not let us down.
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I agree that - if they are affordable - these would be two excellent signings. Cosgrove especially.
ReplyDeleteNo arguments from me guys, though I suspect Dalrymple will go down south.
ReplyDeleteWhether we can afford them is a moot point, but one would not expect Cosgrove to command more as a player than Rogers did as player and skipper.
Yep, Peakfan, Cosgrove would now seem a strong option for our club. A proven performer, who has taken to opening, which appears to be where our overseas vacancy lies.
ReplyDeleteDalrymple is certainly talented, but has faded a bit, particularly in the role of all rounder. If his bowling form could be rekindled, he would more likely gain greater consideration, but I would share your view and be a little surprised to see him travel north. Added to which, where exactly would he fit into the side? Hughes, Smith, Durston and Park/Redfern appear to form the middle order. He could fit in at number six or even at seven, but that would mean Sutton would drop down to eight and reduce the seamers selected down to three, when there are arguably six or seven men to be rotated in and out by Morris.
Then there is his likely cost to consider too.
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We have to consider that because Rogers was not too good in the 20/20 we had to engage another overseas batsman Bosman to fill this role. With Cosgrove, who is excellent in all forms of the game, we would have two players in one and no I am not refering to his size!
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