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NEWELL TARGETS OVERSEAS
BATSMAN AFTER TAYLOR
CAPTURE
Not t inghamshi re Di rec tor of
Cr i cket Mi ck Newe l l i s
target ing an overseas s tar to
compl ete hi s new- look bat t ing
order af ter captur ing Eng l and
internat iona l James Tay lor .
Not t s have t i ed up a
three-year -dea l for the
r ight -hander – one of the
hot tes t prospec t s in Eng l i sh
cr i cket .
Tay lor ' s move across the
border comes af ter Not t s
agreed a compensat ion package
wi th Le i ces tershi re to re l ease
him f rom the f ina l year of hi s
cont rac t .
Newe l l i s natura l l y de l ighted
to have s igned the pl ayer who
was a l so wanted by
Warwi ckshi re .
He rema ins keen to
suppl ement a top order that
has s t rugg l ed to f i re in recent
seasons wi th a recogni sed
per former f rom abroad.
"We los t Mark Wagh and Al i Brown but James
and Mi chae l Lumb ( f rom Hampshi re) are f i t t ing
repl acement s and they were our pr imary target , "
he sa id.
"The internat iona l ca l endar may a l so present us
wi th an oppor tuni ty to recrui t an overseas
bat sman and we ' re explor ing that . "
“THEY WERE
OUR PRIMARY
TARGETS . ”
MICK NEWELL
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