Leicestershire sign Trevor Ward
Leicestershire County Cricket Club today announced that former Kent and England Young Cricketers batsman Trevor Ward has joined Leicestershire on a 3 year contract
Leicestershire CCC Press Release
16-Nov-1999
Leicestershire County Cricket Club today announced that former
Kent and England Young Cricketers batsman Trevor Ward has joined
Leicestershire on a 3 year contract.
Ward who is 31 has scored nearly 12,000 runs in First Class Cricket,
1000 runs in a season on six occasions, 23 First Class hundreds
including a highest score of 235* v Middlesex in 1991.
In One-Day competitions Ward averages 43.57 in the NatWest Trophy,
35.04 in the Benson & Hedges and has scored more than 4,500 runs in
the National Cricket League including 4 centuries.
County Manager Jack Birkenshaw commented:
'Trevor is an experienced opening batsman and will add great strength
to our batting line up. He is an aggressive batsman whose record is
outstanding in one-day cricket.
In August I stated that after several years of success I believed
that it was time for a few changes to the balance of our squad if we
are to continue to be one of the best teams in the country. To date
I have signed 5 new players during the past 3 months - Anil Kumble,
Phillip DeFreitas, Trevor Ward, Billy Stelling and Stephen Adshead.
All these players were top of my shopping list for the winter months
and I am hoping still to add one further signing with an experienced
wicket-keeper.
I believe that we needed to add another dimension to our Championship
winning formula and that was a world-class spin bowler and there are
few better than Anil Kumble. In addition I wanted to strengthen our
batting lineup and create more competition for places. Trevor Ward
gives me that option.
On the bowling front Phillip DeFreitas and Billy Stelling are two
top class allrounders who together with Jon Dakin and Vince Wells
give us the balance that we need to improve our one-day performances.
The final change to the balance of our squad is that David Millns will
be released. David had a benefit with Leicestershire in 1999 and made
significant contributions to our championship successes in 1996 and
1998. Given the fact that we have been able to acquire two experienced
seam bowlers and that Anil Kumble is likely to bowl a significant number
of overs next year I felt it only fair to release David from his current
contract and we do wish him well in the future.