OLIVER NEWBY is hoping to show Lancashire what they are missing after arriving at Essex on a month's loan.
The 29-year-old was brought to Chelmsford after the club's seam bowling reserves were depleted even further on a costly final day in last week's drawn game with Gloucestershire.
Already without Reece Topley, Saj Mahmood and Matt Salisbury, the visitors saw Graham Napier and David Masters both suffer injuries at Bristol.
And with both ruled out of the game with Leicestershire this week, the county were left with just Tymal Mills.
So Essex made a double swoop, bringing in Newby from Lancashire and registering Pakistan-born Tanveer Sikandar, on a dual-registration deal with minor county Hertfordshire, having been training with Essex during the winter.
Both are in action against the Foxes at Chelmsford, and Newby is relishing the chance to get back to first-team action.
"It's been a bit frustrating up at Lancashire," he said. "I've not getting in the squad so I want to play first team cricket here and hopefully take lots of wickets.
"I'm looking forward to it. The sun's been out all day and we don't get that often up in Manchester.
"I was a bit surplus up at Lancs with the bowling situation up there, so I asked the cricket director Mike Watkinson if it was possible to go on loan and the opportunity arose here at Essex.
"With Dave and Napes injured, it's good to come down here and hopefully I can get some wickets and help win a couple of games."
The tall Newby played just three Championship matches for his home county last year, and is yet to feature for the Red Rose this season.
So his month with Essex is a chance to show his home county what they are missing – and he is hoping to get a chance to impress in the T20 as well.
"I'm available for all forms and hopefully if I get a go I can get myself in the team," he added. "I enjoy T20, I like to mix it up with slower balls and different deliveries.
"It's been a bit difficult up north with signings and playing more all-rounders but I hope to get an opportunity and play as much cricket as possible."
Having played in both divisions of the County Championship, Newby is an experienced campaigner, and he insists the only real difference between the two leagues are the pitches.
"We played in Division Two last year and it was tough," he said. "There's some decent cricket about.
"I think sometimes the wickets are a little bit better in Division One with more teams in Division Two trying to get results, but there's some really good cricketers in the country so it's not massively different."
Newby's home county have recently been forced into a change of coach after Peter Moores was named as England's new coach.
And Newby is sure he will be a success in his second attempt at the role.
"Definitely," he added. "I think when he came to us he was a breath of fresh air, he did a few different things and motivated a lot of guys to perform and that's what the England team needs at the moment."
