“I haven’t given up hope that I’ll one day be back on a cricket pitch”
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England wicketkeeper-batsman Matt Prior has admitted that he is still recovering from having his Achilles surgically repaired last year.
“I’m really excited about becoming a Bear and the challenge ahead”
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The Birmingham Bears, which is Warwickshire’s T20 name, have signed New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum to help them retain their Natwest T20 Blast crown.
“I’m very much looking forward to my first taste of county cricket”
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Veteran West Indies pace bowler Fidel Edwards has joined Hampshire on a Kolpak deal for the second half of the county season.
“Sussex is a great club with a proud history and I want to help them win the NatWest T20 Blast this year”
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Sri Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene will represent Sussex for the first half of their Natwest T20 Blast campaign this year.
“I will leave the game with a heavy heart but take with me many amazing memories and friends for life”
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Sussex all-rounder Rory Hamilton-Brown has announced his retirement from cricket after failing to recover from a wrist injury he suffered last summer.
“We failed so miserably last time that there is a burning desire in every English cricketer to make up for that very, very poor performance”
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England wicketkeeper-batsman Matt Prior has announced that he is determined to be included in the national team during the 2015 Ashes series against Australia.
“It gives me great pleasure to be given the opportunity of developing and maximising the success of the existing bowling attack and the next crop of exciting young bowlers at Sussex”
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After announcing his retirement, former England pace bowler Jon Lewis has been appointed as Sussex’s bowling coach.
“You want to shape the key moments of the game and I feel I thrive on that responsibility”
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With James Anderson and Stuart Broad having been ruled out of England’s upcoming tour to Sri Lanka, fellow pace bowler Chris Jordan is determined to step up and become the national team’s go-to death bowler.
“As soon as Sussex came in for me, I knew it was a county that I wanted to join”
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Left-arm pace bowler Tymal Mills has signed a two-year deal with Sussex almost a month after he announced that he would be leaving Essex.
Bird is set to represent Hampshire in all three formats for the first three months of the season
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Hampshire have signed Australia pace bowler Jackson Bird for the first half of next year’s County season and former Pakistan all-rounder Yasir Arafat for the limited overs portion of the season.
