As signings go, it is not one to get ardent Somerset fans necessarily drooling but for a county with limited cash and few opportunities to sign top-class English county bowlers then this is a very sensible move by Somerset. On first glance, the club has signed a young fast bowler with a poor fitness record and Somerset have not been short of those in the past few years. But it suits everyone with the club snapping him up until end of May with the contract then reviewed if the speedster has got his fitness sorted out.

The Christchurch Duracell Bunny known as Andy Caddick will not go on forever and 2009 needs to be the year when someone steps up at Taunton to lead the attack and get 50+wickets. It might be the big man does it again himself but I suspect AC’s body is starting to tell him a few home truths, whispers that other quicks might have listened to years ago in all fairness. So, there is a slot or two for a younger paceman to make the grade and there’s no reason it can’t be David Stiff. Currently playing out in Brisbane under the tutelage of Andy Bichel, let’s hope this signing for Somerset turns out to be a shrewd one.