Rhinos highlighted their quest to collect their first piece of silverware in the upcoming domestic season when they signed Paul Franks and Gary Barren, who were playing in England, as well as Ian Nicholson and Solomon Mire from the Australian Premier League.
Newly appointed head coach, Jason Gillespie, insisted that the players would help improve the teams performance.
My focus is on the Rhinos and getting things in place, first and foremost we will be looking to enjoy our cricket and become an entertaining side to watch, Gillespie said in a statement from Kwekwe.
He said Barrens experience would stabilize the team.
Barrens experience will provide stability in the teams batting line-up and raise the quality of opening partnerships in the batting line-up, I was not too happy that we could not win any titles and we are not taking any chances this time around.
Franks is a right handed seamer and comes in to replace Mike Chinouya, who left the Kwekwe-based team to join the Southern Rocks while Barren, formerly of Yorkshire and also a Zimbabwean citizen, will be expected to strengthen the top order batting which was a major challenge last season as Rhinos at third place in all domestic competitions.
The Rhinos batting line-up also includes Zimbabwe national players Vusimuzi Sibanda, Brendan Taylor, while Malcolm Waller and Rikki Wessels were some of the best batsmen in the league last season.
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