da supremo： Allrounder Ryan McLaren has extended his stay at Kent by signing a new three-year contract with the county
Cricinfo staff18-Aug-2007
Ryan McLaren: ‘I feel I will grow as a cricketer and a person here in England’ © Getty Images
Allrounder Ryan McLaren has extended his stay at Kent by signing a new three-year contract with the county. By this decision, McLaren has decided against a possible international career in South Africa and will now begin qualifying for England by spending 210 days a year in the United Kingdom, starting next summer.Warwickshire had also officially approached McLaren, who took a hat-trick in Kent’s victory in the Twenty20 final against Gloucestershire, but he declined the offer.”I have to look after my career and what’s best for me in terms of learning as much as possible about the game, which I feel I have done in my first season with Kent,” McLaren told the .”I feel I will grow as a cricketer and a person here in England and when playing in county cricket. But there were big considerations about South Africa and my existing deal with Free State to think about.”