Returning for his 14th season, Sammy Wellard is proof that opinions are free - because he gives plenty of them. Whether it’s the state of English cricket (despite being Australian) or where everyone else is going wrong, Sammy always has something to say. On the field, he’s equally unpredictable: one week it’s a five-for, the next a 20-ball over, sometimes both in the same innings. A proper club man, “Shrugsy” remains one of the club’s great characters, even if the association once had to tell him to stop sledging opposition players… while he was only spectating.