Derbyshire refuse to let Cork leave (23 January 1999)
DOMINIC CORK'S request to be released from the four remaining seasons of his contract has been flatly rejected by Derbyshire
23 January 1999
Derbyshire refuse to let Cork leave
By Neil Hallam
DOMINIC CORK'S request to be released from the four remaining seasons of his contract has been flatly rejected by Derbyshire.
The committee yesterday gave him a deadline of next Wednesday noon to inform them whether he wished to remain as captain. A letter from the committee makes it plain that, in the event of resignation, Cork will be compelled to stay with the county under somebody else's leadership for the remainder of a five-year contract signed soon after he became captain at the end of the 1997 season.
Cork responded: "John Morris, Chris Adams and Dean Jones were all released in mid-contract and I find it astonishing that the committee appears to think that a new skipper will want a disgruntled ex-captain with a grievance playing under him."
With wicketkeeper Karl Krikken allied with Cork and senior batsman Kim Barnett in a dispute which this week brought the resignation of chairman Vic Brownett, opening batsman Adrian Rollins is "pencilled in" to become Derbyshire's fourth captain in 19 months.
Source :: Electronic Telegraph (https://www.telegraph.co.uk)
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