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Posted:
Sunday 24th August 2008
Source: Stephen Birley
One worry for Bradninch is with regard to whether or not they
will have Ezquerro and Butterworth in their side in twelve
months time. Both players have been instrumental in helping to
guide the team into the promised land of Premiership cricket.
In Butterworth�s case it is a fact that the Zimbabwean has been
left very frustrated by a second successive �soggy summer� and
he says:
�Hand on heart I�d have to say that as much as I like
the idea of playing here again next summer the simple fact
is that I have not enjoyed this season. That is certainly no
reflection on a super bunch of guys at the club, nor is it a
sleight on the standard of cricket. No, my gripe and indeed
frustration, is with the weather.
Last year was bad and we all hoped that this summer
would be better, in fact it has been worse and for someone
like myself, primarily a batsman it�s been a woeful season
with al the damp tracks.
I think we have had just the one home game this season
when we have played on what is commonly termed �a road� and
that is so frustrating. I may well opt for a
different location next summer. I have friends who are
playing this year in South East England and they have had
nothing like the disruption up there that we have endured
here in Devon.�
Compounding Butterworth�s mood is clearly the fact that as the
club�s groundsman, it has also been a very difficult summer for
himself and his fellow ground staff who, more often than not,
have been battling the elements to find time to work on the
cricket square.
Meanwhile hopes remain high that Ezquerro and Butterworth
(perhaps both?) will be able to join up with the side for next
season fabulous challenges. Wicket Keeper/Batsman and Devon
Under-21 player Dan Hardy, is off to Durham University and so
will not be available for a great deal of the season next summer
but better news comes from Gary Chappell, he to is off to
University but his placement at a South West University means he
will be available for almost the entire campaign.
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