Honley’s ace Fraine gets deal with Notts

List A debut, went straight into the squad to travel to Emirates Old Trafford.

The Huddersfield-born player will be available for all forms of cricket for Notts, including Vitality Blast and Specsavers County Championship, as well as 50-over cricket.

“I’m absolutely ecstatic to sign, it feels like a great honour and I’m really excited for my chance to show what I can do,” said Fraine, a popular player in the Drakes ranks.

“It’s been a whirlwind few weeks. Peter Moores (Head Coach) and Ant Botha (Assistant Coach) chatted to me after playing for the seconds on Monday and asked me to train with the firsts.

“The training session went well and the lads were great with me. To think that I am travelling up to Old Trafford to maybe play is incredible and to now call Trent Bridge my home ground is fantastic.”

Right-hander Fraine appeared for Notts’ Second XI on Monday, scoring 58 to help the side to victory over Northants, having played for the team in July, August and September last summer.

He also netted with the Outlaws squad at Trent Bridge on Tuesday, in front of Moores and Assistant Head Coach Paul Franks.

“Will’s been playing for us on and off a while now, featuring in second team cricket for us last year and this, but with us being a little bit light because of the unavailability of others, an opportunity has now come up for him,” said Director of Cricket Mick Newell.

“We have been impressed with what we have seen from him and although he is fairly inexperienced, that would have been true of whoever else had come into the squad this season, given we had a very settled 50-over squad last year.

“Although initially we’re looking for him to be involved in the one-day matches, he’s as eligible for selection in the other formats as any other player if he does well.”

Fraine has been given the No31 shirt for the Outlaws. DAVID Warner is set to start next season for Sydney Grade club Randwick Petersham during his year-long ban from state and international cricket.

Warner, like his former Australia captain Steve Smith, is suspended for 12 months from professional cricket following the ball-tampering controversy which engulfed the Cape Town Test against South Africa two months ago.

But the combative opener is free to play for his club, and has indicated to them that he will do so this autumn.

Randwick Petersham president Mike Whitney told the Southern Courier: “We’re delighted to have him.

“He’s been speaking to one of our club officials and he has committed to the first three or four rounds of the season.”

Warner, his fellow opener Cameron Bancroft - who is serving a nine-month ban but is set to play for his club side in Western Australia - and Smith were all embroiled in the plot to alter the condition of the ball by using sandpaper.

Smith and Warner were stripped of their respective captaincy and vice-captaincy roles. ONE minute he was having an argument over a sofa in Ikea, the next he was getting called up to play for England.

Tuesday afternoon was certainly eventful for Somerset off-spinner Dominic Bess.

The 20-year-old was handed his first Test call-up by England’s new national selector Ed Smith for next week’s first Test against Pakistan at Lord’s. But was the call expected? “I was in Ikea with my girlfriend and we were actually arguing over a sofa so the call couldn’t have come at a better time,” Bess told the BBC.

“Ed Smith rang me. I didn’t have his number and I was thinking of finishing the argument first and then moving on to the phone call, but my girlfriend said to pick it up as it could be England.

“I’ve started buying a house and am getting calls from random numbers so I thought it might be one of them!”