Middlesex stave off competition from rivals to sign Leus du Plooy

Several counties were keen on bringing in the Derbyshire captain, whose stock has risen dramatically in the last 18 months in both red-ball and limited-over cricket

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Posted by Stephen Hodgkinson on 02/08/2023 at 15:56

The cricket player market now resembles the football one,apart from the vast sums of money the bigger counties get the pick of the best players. Derbyshire in consecutive seasons have now lost Critchley Masood Deplooy and Scrimshaw. How can Derbyshire who historical struggle ever hope to compete with the test ground Counties and their revenue. Go and push the baby around the garden, you'll have,more fun than watching Derbyshire eternally stuck in treacle.

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