Waringstown sign North West Warriors all-rounder Graham Hume from Coleraine

Waringstown have announced the arrival of South African-born Graham Hume in a player-coaching role.
Graham Hume has joined WaringstownGraham Hume has joined Waringstown
Graham Hume has joined Waringstown

The 29-year-old North West Warriors and Coleraine all-rounder has a wealth of first-class experience, with over 300 wickets to his name.

As well as giving the villagers much-needed firepower with the bat and ball, Waringstown say Hume will take responsibility for the coaching of the senior squad, women’s and youth teams.

Waringstown captain Lee Nelson told the News Letter: “I am delighted that Graham has decided to come on board. We had an in-depth look towards the end of last season where we thought we could raise the profile of everything we were doing at the club, both on and off the pitch, and where we needed to improve.

“In my opinion, Graham was the standout candidate to help us achieve that. I think it’s an exciting time for everyone at the club to welcome two new players into the fold for next year in Graham and Andre (Malan).

“We want to be back challenging for major trophies and the two guys will give us options with both bat and ball and provide serious competition for places in every department.

“I had said to the guys I wanted to raise the professionalism around everything we do at training and on game days and I think the mindset has already started to change.”

Waringstown’s official statement said: “We are delighted to be able to announce that Graham Hume has joined the club. He will take responsibility for the coaching of the senior squad, women’s and youth teams.

“As a player he comes to the Lawn with vast experience having taken over 300 first class wickets and more recently scored in excess of 1000 runs and taken 100 wickets for Coleraine in the North West league.

“We look forward to having Graham at the Lawn in 2021 and wish him well.”

Waringstown enjoyed a mixed time in the truncated 2020 season, perhaps fortuitously reaching the final of the Robinson Services Cup where they were comprehensively beaten by North Down. It was clear they urgently needed reinforcements, particularly in the seam bowling department, where the excellent James Mitchell lacked support in the absence of the injured veteran Phil Eaglestone. In addition, there was a gap in quality in the middle order batting. Hume’s arrival, along with professional Andre Malan, should address these deficiencies.

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