"The 2's are ready for a big step up!" - Griggsy

Are you excited to be moving into the Whitings league?

Really looking forward to it at a personal level, and even more excited for the team as a whole. It’s a great
opportunity for the team to show that we are good enough to compete at a better level.

Realistic goals for the season?

I am quietly confident that we can compete towards to the top end of the table. Obviously a few of the teams will be completely new to us but we’ve got a strong squad with a lot of whitings experience.

You have added some new players to the squad, how will they fit in?

They fit perfectly with what we were looking for; losing a couple of players for various reasons, we’ve added some proper batting strength in Ant, and we’ve been looking for seam bowlers for a while now so we’re chuffed to get James and Olly over the line. All are decent lads and fit the current team dynamic so they shouldn’t have any issues fitting in straight away

The 1st team have also strengthened, do you think they will assist the 2s this year?

It’s always nice to have players drop down to help the team. Not only for the obvious bonus of added quality but to show that everyone has to compete for their places, as we now have strength in depth in most of our sides.

It was a difficult summer last year and it’s been a very long winter, what does it mean to you to be able to get back to some normality soon?

Our season last summer was pretty underwhelming for a variety of reasons, so we are all keen to get back to a full summer of cricket and challenge at a better level. Not just for the sport but socially as well, we’re all good mates and it’ll be nice to get to see everyone again. It’s been such a long time since anyone has had any normality, I think everyone is just buzzing to get going. Personally it’s the routine of having something to look forward to at a weekend!