Somerset bag Cameron White for Twenty20

Cameron White, the Australian allrounder, will rejoin his old county Somerset for the 2010 Twenty20 Cup.

White was last at Taunton in 2006 and was Somerset's leading run-scorer in the Championship, scoring 1190 runs at 59.50 in Division Two. Remarkably his strike-rate was 81.45 through the season and it is his big-hitting ability that Somerset will want for the Twenty20 Cup.

White, 26, has now become a regular member of Australia's one-day team, which means he will be not be available for the entire season as Australia are playing five ODIs against England in June and July.

Nevertheless, Somerset are thrilled to welcome back a player who once hit 141 not out in a Twenty20 Cup match against Worcestershire. "With his status as one of the world's best one-day players, it's an exciting prospect," said Brian Rose, Somerset's director of cricket.

"He may only be able to make some limited appearances because of his commitments to Australia. We think he can play in the first six or seven games and certainly from the quarter-finals to the finals if we get that far.

"I think the Somerset cricketing public remember Cameron playing some fantastic innings in one-day cricket, but he also played some of the best first-class knocks I've ever seen."