Somerset looking to house homeless overseas players

Somerset County Cricket Club are once again on the look out for two properties to house Jamie Cox and Nixon McLean their two overseas cricketers, for this coming summer.

Last season thanks to the good offices of one of the readers of the local newspaper, the Somerset County Gazette, the Club found a very convenient house for Jamie Cox and his wife Helen and their little boy Lachlan, where they were all very happy.

Jamie is coming back again this summer for his final year with the club, and this time there will be an additional member of his family after baby daughter Madeleine, was born earlier in the year.

Somerset's second overseas player Nixon McLean is also in need of a house for his family so this year the club are looking for two properties, and are once again hoping that somebody will be able to come forward who has a suitable property available.

Somerset County Cricket Club Executive Assistant Sally Donoghue told me: "This year we are looking for houses for both of our overseas players. Ideally we would like two three bedroomed houses that are fully furnished that we can rent from April 1st until September 30th and we are hoping that somebody can help us out, as they did last year."

Anybody who feels that they have a suitable property to rent should contact Sally at the club on 01823 272946.