Will Gidman is an exciting young all-rounder with a
massive future in the game.
Exploding onto the County Championship scene in
2011 in his maiden first class season, the 26-year-old topped the
Gloucestershire batting charts with 1000 runs at an average above the 40 mark
and notched over 50 wickets at under 24.
Gidman's achievement with bat and ball make
him first player to hit the vaunted 1000/50 mark since
1996.
The younger brother of Gloucestershire skipper, Alex Gidman, Will was also on
the books in Bristol before signing for Durham in 2006.
Gidman was keen for first class cricket and he left Durham at the end of 2010
to return to Gloucestershire where he took the struggling team by the scruff of
the neck and sent them surging up the table.
His first championship century against Northamptonshire in May was soon
followed by a maiden five-wicket haul in an innings victory vs Kent at
Cheltenham confirmed his credentials and justified the “high hopes” of the
team’s director of cricket John Bracewell.
Refusing to get caught up in the hype, the level-headed left-hander is taking
“one game at a time” but he’ll forgive the Gloucestershire faithful for getting
excited about the player who had come with the untested reputation of a bowler
who could simply bat a bit.
Read our interview with Will Gidman here.