Bashley (Rydal) have made a double swoop, beefing up their squad for the upcoming ECB Southern Premier League campaign by signing two of Bournemouth University’s leading cricketers.
Second year student Tim Taylor (pictured), a top order batsman from the ECB Leicestershire & Rutland Premier League club Barrow Town, will be available for Bashley all season.
University team-mate and seam bowler Dan Goodey plans to play for Bashley for the first half of the summer before returning to his native Plymouth once his BU term ends.
Taylor, 24 who is studying for an MA in Radio Production degree, has scored over 1,000 runs for Barrow Town in the past three Leicestershire Premier League seasons and captained his home town club last year.
Goodey made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Devon against Wiltshire last summer, having previously taken 20 Devon Premier League wickets for Plymouth.
He is studying for a BSc Sport Psychology & Coaching Sciences degree.
Bashley (Rydal) captain Michael Porter, who has led the New Forest club to both the 50-over and Time cricket pennants in the Southern Premier League in the past two seasons, reports that, New Milton-bound Jake Lilley apart, no one has left the BCG.
“We won’t be replacing South Australia’s Patrick Page (684 runs in 2017) with another overseas player, so the opportunity will be there for others to step up to the plate,” Porter said.
Pre-season training under new coach Steve Wilson is attracting good attendances at Ballard School on Thursday evenings.
But any prospects of Bashley making a prompt start to cricket outdoors – they are due to play Parley on April 14 – look set to be hit by the wet weather.
“The BCG is so wet we’ve not been able to get on it yet. We desperately need a period of sustained dry weather,” explained Bashley chairman John Neal.
Bashley’s BCG has been voted the Southern Premier League’s top ground for the past two seasons.
Second year student Tim Taylor (pictured), a top order batsman from the ECB Leicestershire & Rutland Premier League club Barrow Town, will be available for Bashley all season.
University team-mate and seam bowler Dan Goodey plans to play for Bashley for the first half of the summer before returning to his native Plymouth once his BU term ends.
Taylor, 24 who is studying for an MA in Radio Production degree, has scored over 1,000 runs for Barrow Town in the past three Leicestershire Premier League seasons and captained his home town club last year.
Goodey made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Devon against Wiltshire last summer, having previously taken 20 Devon Premier League wickets for Plymouth.
He is studying for a BSc Sport Psychology & Coaching Sciences degree.
Bashley (Rydal) captain Michael Porter, who has led the New Forest club to both the 50-over and Time cricket pennants in the Southern Premier League in the past two seasons, reports that, New Milton-bound Jake Lilley apart, no one has left the BCG.
“We won’t be replacing South Australia’s Patrick Page (684 runs in 2017) with another overseas player, so the opportunity will be there for others to step up to the plate,” Porter said.
Pre-season training under new coach Steve Wilson is attracting good attendances at Ballard School on Thursday evenings.
But any prospects of Bashley making a prompt start to cricket outdoors – they are due to play Parley on April 14 – look set to be hit by the wet weather.
“The BCG is so wet we’ve not been able to get on it yet. We desperately need a period of sustained dry weather,” explained Bashley chairman John Neal.
Bashley’s BCG has been voted the Southern Premier League’s top ground for the past two seasons.
