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Nottinghamshire sign Ali Brown

Nottinghamshire have signed Ali Brown, the former Surrey batsman, on a two-year deal as they build for the new season

Cricinfo staff
07-Jan-2009

Ali Brown was a destructive batsman for Surrey and hopes to bring that to Nottinghamshire © Getty Images
 
Nottinghamshire have signed Ali Brown, the former Surrey batsman, on a two-year deal as they build for the new season.
Brown, 38, spent 21 years at The Oval and has scored first-class centuries against all the other counties, but was released by Surrey at the end of the 2008 season as they started to build for the future following Championship relegation.
Nottinghamshire, though, have snapped him up and believe he can still play an important role. "Ali has a lot to offer as a cricketer but he's also an experienced head who will act as a role model to younger players," director of cricket, Mick Newell, said. "He's an exiting one-day player at the top of the order and he can play an important role for us over the next two years."
Brown, who also played 16 ODIs for England, is looking forward to joining a team who are pushing for honours. "Nottinghamshire are primed to challenge for the Championship and I want to hit the ground running and help the team to push for honours," he said.
"For me, the buzz of playing cricket comes from winning competitions and I feel that I've got two more years to win things at this level. I've always been confident in my ability, I'm feeling fit and I want to play for Nottinghamshire in all forms of the game."
Nottinghamshire have been busy during the off-season, securing the futures of a number of key players including Samit Patel and Darren Pattinson, while also strengthening the squad with offspinner Jason Brown joining from Northamptonshire.