Matlock sign promising Australian spinner Will Rice

By Steve HaslamContributor
Published 6th Mar 2023, 12:52 BST
Updated 7th Mar 2023, 12:12 BST
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Matlock and Cromford Cricket Club have signed promising Australian Will Rice for the coming season.

Now in Division Three North, the club have gone down under for their overseas player for 2023.

Rice, a 20-year-old off-spinner from Adelaide, will bring skill and balance to a team that did, on occasions, feel they were a bowler short, despite finishing runner- up of Division Four North in 2022.

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Playing for Kensington Browns, the former club of the late Sir Don Bradman, Rice has progressed through the grades, now training regularly with a very strong first Xl.

Will Rice. Matlock hope his off spin and middle order batting will add spark. Will Rice. Matlock hope his off spin and middle order batting will add spark.
Will Rice. Matlock hope his off spin and middle order batting will add spark.

Hobbies outside of cricket include Aussie rules football and gardening. Living in Matlock, Rice might well be including hill climbing not so much as a hobby, but a necessity before the first week of his five-month stay is over.

Playing cricket through private education and club, it is hoped Rice's energy and relative experience will bring both he, and the club, success going forward.