Hamish Marshall replaces Alex Gidman as Gloucestershire’s Flt20 skipper – Cricket News Update
Former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alex-Gidman-c984 as Gloucestershire’s skipper for the just to begin Friends Life T20 campaign.
Alex Gidman, the 30-year-old Buckinghamshire born batsman, has been Gladiators' captain in all three formats of the game since 2009 and the Gloucestershire director of cricket, John Bracewell, feels he needed a rest to relax
and focus on his individual game.
"Having Hamish at the helm will allow Alex Gidman an opportunity, in what has been an exceptionally busy start to the season, to freshen up and for the team to hear a new voice during this time," said http://www.senore.com/Cricket/John-Garry-Bracewell-c67876 while speaking
to media reporters on Monday.
The right-hander has been quite impressive with the bat in the shortest format of the game since taking over as the Gloucestershire skipper from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jon-Lewis-c1726 in 2009, however, the side has failed to make an impact in the Flt20
tournament.
Gladiators last reached the tournament finals in 2007, where they lost to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gloucestershire-c785 management feels a captaincy change
might bear some positive result.
Gidman recently played a calculated half century knock of 59 runs from 50 deliveries in a Clydesdale Bank 40 match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Worcestershire-c866, to help the Gladiators clinch an impressive 109-run win.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamish-Marshall-c1525, the 33-year-old former New Zealand batsman, has so far played 74 Twenty20 matches and has 1,669 runs under his belt at an impressive strike rate of over 135. The tally also includes two centuries and three half
centuries. The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Auckland-c766 born right-handed batsman also played three T20 Internationals for Kiwis, before bidding farewell to international cricket in 2007.
Former Sri Lankan spin bowling wizard, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 opener Kevin O’Brien, who scored
a 44-ball century last season, has signed a deal with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843 this time around.
Gloucestershire will play their opening Friends Life T20 match of the season against Somerset at Bristol on Thursday, June 14.
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