Julian Wyatt back from his travels as Amwar Prince arrives at the County Ground

A new cricket season always brings familiar faces back to the County Ground and one of these recently was the former Somerset batsman Julian Wyatt, who left his post as assistant coach with the county at the end of the 2001.

Julian, who made 69 first class appearances for the Cidermen between 1983 and 1989 has returned from his travels around the world, and this summer will be helping out with the cricket coaching at Kings College in Taunton.

When I met up with Julian he had quite literally just stepped off a plane from New Zealand where he has been spending the winter living on North Island and coaching cricket, and was looking very sun tanned and fit.

He told me: "It's always good to be back in Taunton, especially at the start of the new season."

Whilst hew was out in New Zealand Julian Wyatt told me that spent quite a lot of time with Ricky Bartlett who is now working as a Cricket Development Officer, and played several rounds of golf with another former favourite Richard Harden.

Now that he is back in Taunton Julian is going to spend the summer at Kings College in Taunton, where he will link up with two other former Somerset favourites Dennis Breakwell and Harvey Trump.

Over the years Kings College has had a strong cricketing reputation, and for many years the former West Indies and Hampshire batsman Roy Marshall was the coach, during which time Richard Harden came though the ranks before joining Somerset, and Roger Twose went onto join Warwickshire.

In more recent years Nick Boulton and Tom Webley have found their way to the County Ground after making a name for themselves at King's College under the watchful eye of Dennis Breakwell.

Meanwhile Somerset supporters who have been along to watch the county this season and who use the St James Street entrance may well have noticed a new face to welcome them as they go through the Jack White Gates.

The friendly face belongs to Amwar Prince, a twenty two year old Antiguan policeman, who is spending six months over in England during which time he will be helping out at the County Ground with the stewarding and playing cricket for Somerset Seconds.

Opening batsman Amwar, who is also playing cricket for Somerset chief executive Peter Anderson's home side Seaton CC, is highly rated as a cricketer and has been dubbed by some as the `next Viv Richards'.

During a break from his duties on the turnstile the young West Indian told me: "I have come over to England to work hard on my cricket and do my best, which I hope will help to get me into the Leeward Islands team when I go back home. I would just love to play professional cricket over here if I get the chance."

In the first match of the season for Seaton CC, Amwar opened the innings with the Somerset chief executive who told the young West Indian that until he got used to the conditions he (Anderson) would take most of the strike.

Apparently after half an hour the score had moved onto 55 without loss, of which Peter Anderson had made one and the rest had been scored by Amwar!!