TRESCOTHICK SIGNS NEW DEAL WITH SOMERSET
: Marcus Trescothick signed a one-year contract extension with Somerset as the former England batsman extended his stay with the county into a remarkable 25th season. Trescothick made his first-class debut in 1993, two years after joining Somerset, and has gone on to score more than 26,000 runs in the longer formats of the game. The 42-year-old made 76 Test appearances for England, scoring 5,825 runs in an international career spanning 2000 to 2006. Trescothick was a member of the England team that won the Ashes against Australia in memorable style in 2005. “I still have the drive, passion and energy to want to get better and strive to perform for the team,” Trescothick told Somerset’s website. “I’m delighted to have signed for at least another year. I’m excited for what is to come for the club when you look at the combination of youth and experience within the squad.”
South Africa invite players for global Twenty20 league
: Cricket South Africa on Wednesday started a recruitment process for a relaunched T20 league which will run from November 9 until December 16. Foreign and local players have been invited to apply to play in the SA T20
League, which will be staged a year after an aborted Global T20 League, which cost the South African governing body an estimated $14 million, including compensation paid to 144 contracted players. The new league will be played by six teams, with venues to be decided after a bidding process. Each team will have 16 players, with a minimum of three and maximum of four overseas players. South Africans who have signed Kolpak contracts in England, making them ineligible to play for South Africa, are classed as overseas players. There will be a league phase of 30 matches, followed by an eliminator play-off and a final. The deadline for player applications is October 2 and a draft will be on October 17. The league was beset by problems and led to axing of former CEO Haroon Lorgat.
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