We have received the following short message from Ian Hopton:

“…Hampshire CCC are knocking about in Cape Town. They playing against the Cobras and Western Province. Was having a chat with Simon Jones today in the gym at WP.”

Alas, Hoppy’s hopes of making the Play Offs with Western Province have ended. He has mentioned that Results & League Tables can be accessed via this site:

http://www.wpca.org.za/reports.html

All being well, Hoppy returns to Stoke on the 29th April. It is probable that he will flat share with his cousin, David Bonelli who, contrary to previous reports, will now be Leatherhead & Cobham CC’s Overseas player for 2010, not Guildford CC’s.

Click here for Simon Jones’ CricInfo Profile: http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15555.html