da dobrowin: Lancashire County Cricket Club has completed the signing of Iain Sutcliffe,the former Leicestershire batsman, who had spent eight years with thecounty

Lancashire CCC Press Release25-Nov-2002Lancashire County Cricket Club has completed the signing of Iain Sutcliffe,the former Leicestershire batsman, who had spent eight years with thecounty.Left handed batsman Sutcliffe, 27, commented, "I am delighted to be joiningLancashire and look forward to being part of the Club’s promising future. Ihave ambition to win competitions and to play the game at the highest levelpossible and hopefully my performances will help these to happen."Cricket Manager Mike Watkinson stated, "Iain will provide our batting lineup with additional depth and quality along with the variation of being lefthanded. I am especially impressed by his attitude and he should fit intothe squad very well." he added, "As previously stated, the future of theClub lies with our youth policy, however, gaps in batting resources havelead us to look at quality replacements from outside the county."With a run tally of almost 6,000 in first-class cricket, Sutcliffe has abatting average of 32.58 and a highest score of 203.