Seamer top of Rose's wish-list
Nov 20 2009 - 07:33:16
Somerset have stepped up their search to sign a bowler for the first month of next season when Murali Kartik is unavailable.
The Indian spinner will miss the first four Championship games in 2010 because he will be starring for Kolkatta Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League.
Kartik is expected to miss the matches against Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Essex and Lancashire - or a quarter of the Championship campaign.
Director of cricket Brian Rose said: "We will probably look to sign a tall seamer. Three of our first four games are in the north and conditions at that time of year tend to favour seam bowling.
"It won't be easy to get the right player, though, because the Indian Premier League is taking place then and then there is the ICC World Twenty20 straight after it."