Sreesanth receives offers from english counties

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KOCHI: S Sreesanth has received offers to play in the County Cricket Championship this season.

Sreesanth’s brother confirmed here on Thursday that a couple of county sides were in talks with the fiery pacer offering a twomonth contract. ”A decision will be made in the next two days,” he said without naming the counties that have approached the bowler currently attending a conditioning camp with the Kerala team at the Regional Coaching Centre in Kothamangalam.

Sreesanth, tipped to take over the state team’s captaincy from allrounder Sony Cheruvathur this season, will miss two of the early season domestic tournaments should the deal materialise. He would be, however, available for the Ranji Trophy campaign that begins in November.

Meanwhile, Kerala Cricket Association secretary T C Mathew said the issue of the counties’ offer to Sreesanth would come up for discussion in the KCA meeting on Friday.

“Sreesanth spoke to me about the offer but the details are yet to come in,“ he said adding the association would not object to the move. “The final decision is with Sreesanth,” he said.

In the camp that began on Thursday at Mar Athanasius college campus, Sreesanth and his team-mates were put through their paces by former Kerala captain K N Ananthapadmanabhan.

Chief coach C Suresh Kumar, former Tamil Nadu Ranji star, is expected to join the camp on Friday.