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Settle Cricket Club have this week signed a new Australian professional for the coming Ribblesdale League season.

Bret Silvey is a 27 year-old opening bat and medium pace bowler from Perth, Western Australia.

Settle chairman Malcolm Dodgson said: "Bret is coming to the club highly recommended by a contact in Perth."

He has scored 2,600 runs in his last four seasons in First Grade cricket. Dodgson said he also looks to be a decent performer with the ball averaging around 30 wickets a season.

Settle have been netting at Giggleswick School for the past month under the watchful eye of ex-Cumberland coach Graham Harker, who has agreed to take over the role of club coach for the 2008 season.

The club has recruited well during the winter with Dave Morrell and Paul Ridgeway returning after a few years away and Jeff Ellis moving from Colne, which Dodgson said will hopefully give Settle the strength in depth that was missed last year.

Virtually all of the 2007 squad are again available and it's been encouraging to see many making the effort to attend the outstanding practice facility at the school.

Dodgson said: "Settle has a batch of about six youngsters in the 15-18 age bracket that it will be looking to to play big parts in the first XI at some time during the course of the season."

He added: "We have known for a while that the future looked good in the junior section and its now time for the lads to stand up and prove they are ready for the challenge.

"We are well aware that it won't happen overnight for all of them but blended in with the more senior players the side looks to have a good balance of varying ages."

The league season starts on April 19 with a home fixture against Whalley and weather permitting the club will play a warm-up game on April 13 against Edgerton from the Bolton League.

1:40pm Thursday 21st February 2008

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