	{"id":76297,"date":"2022-08-23T04:00:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T18:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=76297"},"modified":"2022-08-17T16:28:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T06:28:59","slug":"tigers-add-englishman-ahead-of-new-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/sport\/tigers-add-englishman-ahead-of-new-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers add Englishman ahead of new season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>INTERNATIONAL borders are open, and the Torquay Tigers Cricket Club is making the most of it with the acquisition of its first import since the start of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>English club cricketer Kieran Lawton has signed on for the 2022-23 season to strengthen the Tigers&#8217; ranks, lending himself as a hard-hitting left-handed batsman.<\/p>\n<p>Lawton said he was looking forward to making his way to the Surf Coast town.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This will be a new challenge for me, with different bowlers and different wickets,&#8221; Lawton said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Torquay looks like a great club both on and off the field.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m hoping I can help carry on the success of all the teams, playing in the men&#8217;s team and helping the women&#8217;s and junior sides too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lawton, a product of Grappenhall Cricket Club in Cheshire, will arrive in Torquay in time for the start of the season, adding to a long list of overseas players to have spent a summer with the Tigers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 361px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/KieranLawtown1_07291.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"361\" height=\"544\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lawton, 23, is a hard-hitting left-handed batsman from Grappenhall Cricket Club in Cheshire, England.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Torquay has also welcomed back Matthew Ward, a top order batsman from Ballarat League club Mount Clear, as well as returning wicketkeeper\/batsman Riley Wood, a keep component of the team two campaigns ago.<\/p>\n<p>Torquay coach Leigh Kentish said Lawton will be a major contributor amongst the side&#8217;s batting depth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are really pleased to be welcoming Kieran and hope he&#8217;ll have a memorable time with us in Torquay,&#8221; Kentish said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are not placing any pressure on him to come here and dominate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s about helping us on the field where he can, but just as importantly, having fun and adding to the club culture.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a long tradition of English club cricketers spending summers in Australia and vice versa, and it&#8217;s good to see that able to happen again now that borders are back open.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Torquay&#8217;s men&#8217;s First XI will begin its season on the first day of October in a one-day clash away to Bell Post Hill.<\/p>\n<p>Torquay CC welcomes new men&#8217;s, women&#8217;s and junior players of all standards and levels of experience for the 2022-23 season.<\/p>\n<p>For information or to join, head to torquaycricketclub.com or email torquaytigerscc@gmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY VINNIE VAN OORSCHOTINTERNATIONAL borders are [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/sport\/tigers-add-englishman-ahead-of-new-season\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":76303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-76297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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