Several Bears are overseas this winter a few we are aware of so far;

Jordan Bulpitt is over in Melbourne already and was selected for Kingston Hawthorn's two day fixture yesterday in the Victoria Premier League but unfortunately the entire round was rained off.

Ethan Brookes has also arrived in Melbourne to join up with Prahran CC

Rob Yates is heading over to Perth to play for Bayswater-Morley. They've had two rounds of
50-over matches already and switch to two day matches at the end of October. Henry Brookes spent a few months there the winter prior to Covid. Will Rhodes had two winters with Willetton just as he signed for Warwickshire from Yorkshire and before he took on the captaincy

The WACA Premier League is quite nice to follow as due to the time difference it's on in the mornings until about 11am on Saturdays/Sundays whereas the other grade cricket comps are all overnight.

George Garrett is heading over to Brisbane to play for Easts Redlands which is Marnus Labuschagne's club. The Queensland Grade cricket season begins a bit earlier in the year so they've played lots of T20 since August plus three 50-over games already and just completed their first 2-day match beating Toombul.

I know several other youngsters are over there or in South Africa so will keep an eye out for their performances

Great news about Hamza Shaikh who's spending "time in Mumbai, India during the winter where he’ll gain invaluable experience playing in different conditions and pitches plus, crucially, honing his skills against spin bowling"

Thanks for this.

George Garrett's had an impressive debut overnight. Came on first change and removed both openers - caught third slip with one that extracted a bit of extra bounce and caught second slip in that corridor of uncertainty area. Figures of 2-5 off 4 overs at one stage. Fair play to the lad

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LTCPIvmbljE

And Jacob Bethell has been playing for Sydney CC overnight in their away match at Bankstown

https://www.playhq.com/cricket-australia/org/nsw-premier-cricket/nsw-premier-cricket-mens-summer-202223/first-grade-belvidere-cup/6c25e92e/R3

Good for the youngsters that they are getting these opportunities. Let's hope we see some rewards next season.

A shame for those in Melbourne that for a second week running heavy rain put paid to the entire schedule. There was a photo I saw of Essendon CCs ground completely flooded

Ethan and Jordan hoping to get going tonight in the Victorian Premier League, lots of rain still around however. Rob Yates is in the XI for Bayswater-Morley in Perth and some nice words from Brisbane during the week on FB;

🚨 DEBUTANT 🚨

Congratulations to George Garrett who made his debut over the weekend against local rivals Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club. George is one of our overseas players this year hailing from county side Warwickshire County Cricket Club. We look forward to seeing George showcase his fast bowling skills out on Peter Burge Oval this season! George was presented cap number 690 by fast bowling stalwart Jon Stimpson.

Nice to see Dan Mouseley has tweeted ahead of his stint with Glenelg CC in Adelaide. Jammy sod probably my favourite of the big urban beaches in Oz alongside Scarborough and Cottesloe in Perth, the Sydney ones all being so busy for example

Good luck to him and all those away. For 5 weekends running now Melbourne's been rained off so hopefully Ethan Brookes and Jordan Bulpitt are keeping themselves busy

Jordan Bulpitt's been mentioned a couple of times in this Winter thread, he didn't play that much for the 2nds this season (and not at all in the RLC), is he on any contract (Summer or otherwise)? I hope so, he is a promising left arm seamer.

I hope that Jordan Bulpitt has a successful winter. I agree that a left arm seamer would be a good addition to the Bears squad. But, to strike a negative note, he is 24 years of age so not a promising youngster; and in his last six matches for Walsall in the Birmingham League, he took just six wickets at a cost of almost 50 apiece and went at almost six runs an over. Let's hope that the Australian sunshine brings out the best in him and he proves to be a (relative) late developer.

Another good weekend for George Garrett who took 3-50 overnight for his East's Redlands side in Brisbane
Lots of big scores in Sydney first grade cricket including the game Jacob Bethell was in he took 1-60 for Sydney CC and will get his chance to bat next Saturday.

In Perth Rob Yates made 14 but may well get an opportunity to bat tomorrow morning as his Bayside-Morley side had already dismissed South Perth for 150 so there's a chance of an outright win possible in that game. This is the one weekend where they play Sat & Sun after this the 2-day games run consecutive Sat-Sat

All good info, thanks for this.

Re. Bulpitt, I was a little disappointed he wasn't offered a somekind of deal after his RLODC appearances in 2021, he didn't tear it up but he looked like he had something to work with and could swing the ball. It would be great if we could see a guy make it to getting a full time contract off the back of a few years toil in the Birmingham League.

Couple of wickets for Rob Yates on Saturday and he batted out a potentially tricky closing few mins to finish 0 not out as Bayswater-Morley began their reply in Perth against Claremont-Nedlands one of Dermot Reeve's old clubs. That 2-day game finishes next Saturday.

In Adelaide Dan Mouseley is 25 not out (assuming rain interrupted day) for West Torrens against Adelaide University a game which completes next Saturday. On Sunday his side lost to Glenelg in the group stages of their 50-over one day cup, Mouseley scoring 26 and taking a wicket towards the end of Glenelg's reply but alas in vain. They have two further Sunday group matches to play.

In Melbourne they finally got going and instead of playing 2-day matches have gone straight into 50-over stuff. Ethan Brookes fell cheaply but also snagged a wicket for Prahran. Jordan Bulpitt also got a wicket for Kingston-Hawthorn. Next weekend they'll play back to back 50-over games on Saturday and Sunday to try to catch up their season after all the rain they've had in Victoria.

The official club site is catching up with what we already know:
https://edgbaston.com/news/bears-heading-around-the-world-this-winter/

Centuries for Rob Yates in Perth and Ethan Brookes in Melbourne overnight (both opening) and another wicket for George Garrett in a 2-day game Brisbane against the students