Stubbings and McGarry sign on for Bedfordshire

AN experienced top order batsman and an opening bowler have been recruited by Bedfordshire for the forthcoming MCC season, writes Mark Wood.

After last term’s promising campaign the county have signed opener Steve Stubbings, formerly of Derbyshire, and fast bowler Andrew McGarry, who played for Essex.

Team manager Mike Archer said: “Despite some wonderful individual batting performances in 2010 we often failed to bat for the allotted 90 overs in the first innings, and it’s something we didn’t do once in 2009.

“If you don’t do that you are often fighting for survival rather than looking to win a game and Steve Stubbings will bring that quality to the side and develop the young batsmen to do the same.”

For the full story and dates of Beds fixtures, see this weeks Luton News/Dunstable Gazette