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October 11, 2011
Jamie Dalrymple's return to Middlesex has proved short-lived as he and the county have chosen to part ways. Dalrymple had re-signed for Middlesex in May this year and made a steady contribution to their success in Division Two of the County Championship with both bat and ball, but became frustrated by the lack of leadership opportunities with the county and has decided to move on.
"I've seen cricketers little more dedicated or harder than working for Jamie and his time with Middlesex he set a good example to the rest of the team," said the general manager of cricket, Angus Fraser. "His leadership experience has been useful also to have a young team on the line when things were a little tight at the end of the season.
"However, his passion lies in leadership and management man, and these are not positions that are currently available in Middlesex. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Jamie for all his contributions during the seasons of Middlesex, for a total of ten, and wish him all the best for the future, in or out. "
Middlesex Dalrymple was back behind the departure of Glamorgan, where he had gone in rotation a new contract from Middlesex at the end of 2007. It 'was named captain of Glamorgan for the 2009 season, but after two seasons, became a prominent victim of the tumultuous restructuring at the County. Stripped of the captain - going with the status of South Africa Alvira Petersen - Dalrymple quickly left and returned to the Lord.
"I want to thank Angus Fraser and Middlesex for the opportunity to play again this season after the difficulties I had last winter," said Dalrymple. "I would also like to express my gratitude to play and work with the team, both young and old, and in particular to contribute to a team that won promotion from the second division as champions Middlesex.
"Cricket has been my passion for years and my experiences so far have shown what I'm looking forward to the challenges of management. Unfortunately, this opportunity is available at the time. Now I have the opportunity to consider I would like to keep into play, look for leadership within the game or move on to something completely different. "
Although Dalrymple Middlesex may be stabilizing effect in the middle order, he could fill the role of all-rounder Ollie Rayner offspinning, who has joined Middlesex permanent agreement following two loan spells at Lord's in the summer.
The 25-year-old, who joined Sussex in late 2005, continued to play 43 games in the first class in all of Sussex, in his six seasons at Hove, with 95 windows and scoring over 1000 runs in the process.
"We are all sorry to see him go because Ollie was part of the club since his youth, but we recognize his desire to play more cricket in all forms of the game," said Sussex cricket manager Mark Professional Robinson. "We would like to take this opportunity to thank him for his excellent work during his time at the club and wish him all the best in Middlesex."
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