Notts snap up Voges

Adam Voges, so impressive in one-day cricket for Notts in 2008, will return next year

Australia batsman Adam Voges will rejoin Nottinghamshire as their overseas player in 2009.

Voges, 29, spent April to August at Trent Bridge last season as a replacement for compatriot David Hussey, who was absent through international commitments and a spell with Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League.

“Adam made a good contribution and we feel that there’s more to come from him now that he has more experience of English conditions,” Notts director of cricket Mick Newell said.

“We were keen to find a player that can commit to us for the whole season and Adam is in a position to do that at the moment.

“He played some good innings for us, did a very good job at first slip and he can bowl left-arm spin.

“We don’t think that we’ll have quite as much access to Graeme Swann and Samit Patel next season so we may be able to make more use of Adam’s versatility.”

Western Australian Voges had a moderately successful first season with Notts, scoring 550 runs at an average 34.37 in the LV County Championship Division One campaign, as the county just fell short of the title.

He was more successful in limited-overs cricket, topping the Outlaws’ run-scoring charts in all three competitions.

Voges stepped aside for the final month of the season, when Ashwell Prince took over the overseas player spot.