Lancashire League Handbook 2015

95 mediocre performances in the competition during the past few years. In 2015 he will captain the side and continue to be a leading influence guiding and developing the club's promising young players. During the South African Domestic season Brett has been in fine form for North West, and after nine first-class matches was the leading run scorer with 784 runs at 56.00, including a career highest score of 176, plus a further five fifties, and taking 20 wickets. As he approaches 30 years of age, he has now played 90 matches, with over 5250 runs and nearly 110 wickets in his eight-year first-class career. RISHTON Kelly Smutts - SouthAfrica) - ( Kelly is 25 years old, a Left hand batsman and Right armmedium fast bowler. He is described as a terrific genuine all rounder and is expected to blossom into the International cricketer many believe him to be. He was selected for the South African U19 team in 2007/8 and made his first class debut for Eastern Province in 2009 when he opened the innings. There then followed an outstanding season when he made a number of high scores, which resulted in promotion to the Warriors full franchise team. He is described as a fluent shot maker and a very good seamer ideally suited to English conditions. Kelly has made 6 First Class centuries and a further 10 scores of 50 or more with a highest score of 148 and best bowling figures of 5 for 10. In the 2014 season he was Professional at Morecambe CC in the Northern League where he scored 937 runs at an average of 42.59 and took 53 wickets at 20.53 each. He is the brother of JJ Smutts who was professional at Bacup in 2011 and will be Rishton's 12th SouthAfrican Professional. TODMORDEN Bilwali Bhatti (Pakistan) - - Bilawal Bhatti is a current International cricketer fromLahore who has played for Pakistan in ODI and Test cricket within the last 12 months showing he has great ability for a twenty three year old. Bilawal has experience in club cricket in England having played for Hem Heath C.C and Alfreton C.C and both previous stints were very successful. We are delighted to capture Bilawal Bhatti for the 2015 season and he will bring excitement to our club and the league as he bowls at 90mph and he has a reputation for hitting a big ball. We are very confident he will have a successful summer on and off the field.