Carl Gazzard sets his sights on a first team place

Reserve wicket-keeper Carl Gazzard is another of the Somerset young players with his thoughts firmly set on playing first team cricket.

The twenty year old who hails from Cornwall made his first team debut last season spent the winter `down under' training hard ,working on his game and playing for Scarborough Cricket Club in Western Australia.

He told me: "The winter went fantastically well for me and training in the sunshine makes you feel so good you can't really ask for much more. With my batting I set myself technical targets and I'm pleased that things have really improved. I got runs for Scarborough and helped them to win a trophy, and my keeping has been excellent all winter."

He continued: "Now I am just looking forward to getting back out in the middle and getting stuck in. To be honest I've got a bit of a buzz about the coming season and I think that it's going to go well for me."

The young keeper told me that a few weeks before returning to England he got a knock on the hand, but thankfully all was now well and he is fully fit.

Looking forward to the new season he told me: "I just hope that I get my chance in the first team and when it does come along you can bet that I'll make the most of it. All I can expect to do is to play the best that I can whether it for the seconds or the first team."