Transfer/Contract craic - that time of the year again

[GordonMuchallNo1Fan]

England bowler @CJordan is to rejoin @surreycricket at the end of the season.

Jordan will become T20 club captain at the Kia Oval.

He began his career at the Oval before moving to @SussexCCC.

#bbccricket https://t.co/eddQW2zW05

 

[SAFC11]

Also losing Salt to lancs
So both going to 100 hosts

 

[GordonMuchallNo1Fan]

Also losing Salt to lancs
So both going to 100 hosts

Didn't know that. He's a big loss to them

 

[wayne entwhistle no9]

From a Durham point of view we are 3 contracted batsmen down from what 6 weeks before the start of the season with Harte, Steel and Burnham leaving so they are short on Numbers.

 

[Sea to Shining Sea]

Also losing Salt to lancs
So both going to 100 hosts

Surrey and Lancashire have always been stronger pulls than Sussex. They’re bigger clubs with test facilities in big city locations. Probably offer bigger contracts too.

 

[Parkside]

Also losing Salt to lancs
So both going to 100 hosts

Pity Bunny's still not playing. Could have Salt and Onions in their Crisp team

Surrey and Lancashire have always been stronger pulls than Sussex. They’re bigger clubs with test facilities in big city locations. Probably offer bigger contracts too.

Hasn't done either a lot of good- won f*ck all in recent years.

 

[GordonMuchallNo1Fan]

From a Durham point of view we are 3 contracted batsmen down from what 6 weeks before the start of the season with Harte, Steel and Burnham leaving so they are short on Numbers.

fair point and remains to be seen if Bancroft will be back.

 

[Parkside]

fair point and remains to be seen if Bancroft will be back.

No way,only 600+ runs over all formats, averaging 27. We're actually 10 contracted players down from last season and down to 15 senior players. It's OK releasing players as long as you've lined up better replacements.

 

[The Rat]

Surrey and Lancashire have always been stronger pulls than Sussex. They’re bigger clubs with test facilities in big city locations. Probably offer bigger contracts too.

its no coincidence they are going to their host clubs

this is the start of something worrying and it will happen to Durham too

it’s scandalous man

 

[Dexter]

its no coincidence they are going to their host clubs

this is the start of something worrying and it will happen to Durham too

it’s scandalous man

To be fair Jordan was playing at the Hampshire team, Salt is very obvious though.

 

[Sea to Shining Sea]

its no coincidence they are going to their host clubs

this is the start of something worrying and it will happen to Durham too

it’s scandalous man

Jordan isnt is he? And Salt is a Chester / North East Wales boy so is moving much closer to home.

Attributing both these moves to the Hundred is a bit OTT

 

[mikemanc]

Jordan isnt is he? And Salt is a Chester / North East Wales boy so is moving much closer to home.

Attributing both these moves to the Hundred is a bit OTT

You're right, it's going to increase the difference between the haves and the have nots but this has always happened. Surrey and Lancashire could afford Borthwick, Stoneman, Jennings when we were in trouble, Lancs signed Buttler, Surrey have signed a few from other counties and how many players have Notts taken from Northants, Worcestershire etc?

 

[bumble2]

Pity Bunny's still not playing. Could have Salt and Onions in their Crisp team

Would be nice if Beer could join them to help wash them the snacks down.

 

[Parkside]

Would be nice if Beer could join them to help wash them the snacks down.

Aye, a run out Beer would do nought for revenue.

 

[bumble2]

Aye, a run out Beer would do nought for revenue.

Perhaps KP should come out of retirement to join them. He’s nuts anyway!

 

[Parkside]

Perhaps KP should come out of retirement to join them. He’s nuts anyway!

this is becoming crackers

 

[NorthCountryBoy]

its no coincidence they are going to their host clubs

this is the start of something worrying and it will happen to Durham too

it’s scandalous man

This has been happening for at least a decade. Far too early to say if the 100 is increasing the trend.

 

[The Rat]

This has been happening for at least a decade. Far too early to say if the 100 is increasing the trend.

It has to like

 

[Sea to Shining Sea]

This has been happening for at least a decade. Far too early to say if the 100 is increasing the trend.

Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann are two names off the top of my head who left less fancied counties for Notts. Obviously in more recent years Jos Buttler and David Willey have moved to more fancied clubs and we’ve seen with Borthwick and Stoneman at Durham that there are financial powerhouses ready to tempt players at clubs with smaller budgets away.

Im not too sure what will happen with the hundred in future but won’t there be a continuous draft type system for a lot of players anyway?

 

[brandon]

It might have always happened, but the 16.4 will just mean it ramps up even further.