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Alviro Patterson wrote:Fair play to Surrey in acquiring the services of Plunkett on a long term deal. How much county cricket he will play remains to be seen particularly with the World Cup, the IPL having it's own FTP slot and The Hundred ball game from 2020.

England white ball players are effectively redundant from County Cricket, unless if they are on a pay as you play arrangement or The Hundred is played outside the county cricket season.

sussexpob wrote:

Alviro Patterson wrote:Fair play to Surrey in acquiring the services of Plunkett on a long term deal. How much county cricket he will play remains to be seen particularly with the World Cup, the IPL having it's own FTP slot and The Hundred ball game from 2020.

England white ball players are effectively redundant from County Cricket, unless if they are on a pay as you play arrangement or The Hundred is played outside the county cricket season.

Good point really. If hes fit, he will probably play limited overs cricket and IPL. So what exact use is he to anyone unless you pay big money for hardly any games

captaincolly wrote: Surrey probably the only county who could afford such a luxury signing.

sussexpob wrote:

captaincolly wrote: Surrey probably the only county who could afford such a luxury signing.

Am I right in thinking that Surrey get a huge boost on Salary cap due to London Weighting?

captaincolly wrote:

sussexpob wrote:

captaincolly wrote: Surrey probably the only county who could afford such a luxury signing.

Am I right in thinking that Surrey get a huge boost on Salary cap due to London Weighting?

I can't remember if they do or if they argue that they should . Suspect it's the former as they seem to have no problem bringing in as many big names as they want.

sussexpob wrote:

captaincolly wrote:

sussexpob wrote:

captaincolly wrote: Surrey probably the only county who could afford such a luxury signing.

Am I right in thinking that Surrey get a huge boost on Salary cap due to London Weighting?

I can't remember if they do or if they argue that they should . Suspect it's the former as they seem to have no problem bringing in as many big names as they want.

I seem to remember they got something like £500,000 a year more to spend. They argued about increasing the salary cap to above its current rate, but no one else wanted to

andy wrote:Very good signing for Surrey...and to be fair to Plunks a 3 year deal at 33 is good for him too...im suprised Yorks are letting him go

captaincolly wrote:I'd also have thought Sorry would be a likely destination for Rashid but an article in The Times ( or possibly Sunday Times ) mentioned Worcestershire as favourites to sign him. Perhaps his friendship with Moeen Ali is a factor if the story has any validity. If the journalist was just guessing Worcestershire presumably wouldn't be near the top of the list.

westoelad wrote:Got money to burn have Sorry and with one, if not both, Currans in test match radar it could be a shrewd signing.Pudsey is just a bairn compared to Rikki Clarke to whom they gave a similar contract.
What price Rashid ending up there also?

westoelad wrote:

captaincolly wrote:I'd also have thought Sorry would be a likely destination for Rashid but an article in The Times ( or possibly Sunday Times ) mentioned Worcestershire as favourites to sign him. Perhaps his friendship with Moeen Ali is a factor if the story has any validity. If the journalist was just guessing Worcestershire presumably wouldn't be near the top of the list.

ITB wants him at Durham.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/ ... ian-botham