Hampshire skipper Dominic Cork denies news of Simon Jones being lent to Glamorgan – Cricket News Update
According to reports earlier, a deal between Hampshire and Glamorgan county cricket clubs was penned down last night, where Hampshire agreed to loan pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Simon-Philip-Jones-c90437 to his former club, Glamorgan, for a period of one month.
However, the present skipper of Hampshire, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dominic-Gerald-Cork-c54301, refuted the claims in an interview with BBC Radio.
Dominic Cork last night acknowledged the fact that the English bowler is in demand these days. He agreed that many counties have been approaching Hampshire since it has considered lending Jones for a month’s duration, but denied confirmation regarding him
playing for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Glamorgan-c784.
“http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jones-c69217 is an excellent bowler and might continue to play with Hampshire”, said the captain. This statement disappointed the fans who wanted to see Simon play for his former club, Glamorgan.
Cork gave the confirmation that the Welch club had approached them but denied speculations that the decision has been taken and a deal has been signed.
Earlier reports indicated that Simon will be making his debut for the Dragons in their Friends League T20 clash with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783 Eagles at the Swalec, after the ECB’s approval of the deal on Monday.
Dominic expressed that he understands that the talented bowler is frustrated due to lack of cricket, but he went on to say that it did not mean that he will play for other clubs and not stay with Hampshire.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sahibzada-Mohammad-Shahid-Khan-Afridi-c87933, the former Pakistani skipper, to play for Hampshire in the Friends Life T20 tournament.
Dominic is looking forward to Afridi’s arrival, believing that the upcoming tournament will become even more exciting huge with the arrival of Boom Boom Afridi.
Hampshire’s rankings have been dwindling and Dominic would want to see Jones in the side, alongside Afridi, in order to boost the side’s performance and recover from the slump.
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