CRICKET: County saying farewell to Ostler.DOMINIC Ostler's Warwickshire career appears to be over despite his recall to the first team for last Tuesday's Totesport League game against Lancashire at Old Trafford Old Trafford commonly refers to two sporting arenas:
The 34-year-old has been told that he will not be offered a new contract when his existing deal expires . Ostler, a former pupil at Princethorpe College Princethorpe College is a Catholic independent day school located in Princethorpe, near Rugby, Warwickshire, England. It was founded in the late 1950s as St Bede's College in Royal Leamington Spa, before moving to its current site in 1966. , is now expected to retire from first-class cricket First-class cricket matches are those between international teams or the highest standard of domestic teams in which teams have two innings each. Test cricket is a form of first-class cricket, but the term "first-class" is often used to refer to domestic competition only. at the end of the season because of a troublesome knee injury which required surgery last year. Warwickshire broke the news to Ostler at a recent performance appraisal Performance appraisal, also known as employee appraisal, is a method by which the performance of an employee is evaluated (generally in terms of quality, quantity, cost and time). meeting. Ostler has until a general committee meeting in September to force Warwickshire to reconsider but time is not on his side. He was in the frame to play in the opening Championship game of the season against Middlesex but missed out to Jim Troughton Jamie Oliver Troughton (born March 2, 1979) is an English cricketer. He is mainly an attack-minded left-handed batsman but also an occasional left-handed off-break bowler. He plays for the county side Warwickshire and has played for the England One-day International team. and his first team outings have since been restricted to occasional one-day appearances. Having made fewer than 300 runs in all first team cricket last season Warwickshire's decision not to offer Ostler a new contract is not a surprise but it marks the end of an illustrious career. Ostler joined Warwickshire in late 1989 after he scored heavily for the county's Under-19 side and he made an instant impression. He was awarded his county cap in 1991 after he scored 1,284 runs, the first of six seasons in which he passed 1,000 first-class runs, most of them scored quickly and elegantly. He was a key member of the Warwickshire side that won six domestic trophies between 1993 and 1995 and he toured Pakistan with England A in 1996. The runs dried up in the late 1990s but Ostler's superb slip catching ensured that he remained a vaulable member of the first team squad. Ostler unwittingly found himself at the centre of controversy in 1999 when Warwickshire deferred a decision on whether to award him a benefit and a new contract for 2000. Supporters were so incensed that they raised a petition demanding that Ostler be awarded a benefit and Warwickshire duly agreed. As well as enjoying a successful benefit in 2000 Ostler returned to form after a couple of lean seasons by again passing 1,000 runs. He is the fourth highest run-scorer in one-day cricket in Warwickshire's history and their 31st most prolific run-scorer in first-class cricket. |
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