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In this episode we hear from Vipers leg-spin bowler Nathan Sowter, a man who has racked up the miles in pursuit of his craft in 2024.

The man Director of Cricket Tom Moody christened 'the racing snake' for his agility and speed in the field, Nathan made his debut for the Vipers in season two of the DP World ILT20 and impressed everyone, not only with the quality of his cricket, but also with his attitude around the squad, which was first-class.

His experience of the tournament was the start of a busy year as Nathan then headed to Zimbabwe for a T20 tournament with his county side Durham before helping the team to the quarter-finals of the T20 Blast in the UK, after which he was voted their player of the tournament by his team-mates.

Between the group stage and the quarter-final of the T20 Blast, Nathan slotted in for The Oval Invincibles in the men’s Hundred and, as was the case in 2023, he was part of the winning team in that competition.

And just when he thought his season was drawing to a close then he got a call from the Caribbean and joined the Guyana Amazon Warriors to deputise for their injured leg-spinner Imran Tahir.

But that wasn’t it for the year as Nathan then headed to Nepal to play in that country’s inaugural Nepal Premier League.

So many tournaments then, so much cricket for Nathan, and he tells us all about it here on Vipers Voices, as well as discussing his advocacy for the Vipers’ sustainability initiatives, his excitement at the prospect of once again working alongside Sri Lanka leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga, and how he rates the side’s chances of success in the upcoming action.

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In this episode we hear from new signing David Payne. Left-arm swing and seam bowler David has been a leading light in Twenty20 cricket in England for more than a decade and he has joined the Vipers for this season after being part of county side Gloucestershire’s success in last summer’s T20 Blast.

In our chat he talks us through his 2024, his background, his reasons for signing with the Vipers - including his continuing international ambitions - and his hopes for the upcoming season of the DP World ILT20, and it’s a thoroughly engaging conversation.

David is the leading wicket-taker among seam and swing bowlers in the history of the Blast, a tournament that’s been staged since 2003, and it’s that sort of statistic that’s ensured he’s been snapped up by the Vipers. He spent the previous two winters playing in the Big Bash League in Australia and he explains in the interview why he’s switched to the UAE for this winter’s action. David also explains his experiences in UAE conditions, he talks about the fact that the Vipers have once again filled their roster with left-arm seam and swing bowlers and, on top of all that, David, who joined us on Vipers Voices during a break in training at Gloucestershire’s headquarters in Bristol, talks about who he’s looking forward to playing alongside and against and how he rates the side’s chances for the season.

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In this episode, part two of our chat with the newly-installed Desert Vipers captain, Lockie Ferguson talks about his busy 2024 and much more besides.

There was the obvious low for him - and his New Zealand team-mates - of failing to progress out of the group stage at the ICC T20 World Cup in the USA and the Caribbean, but within that, Lockie achieved a remarkable bowling feat and he talks about that, as well as his time under Steve Smith and Ricky Ponting at Washington Freedom, the side that won this year’s Major League Cricket T20 tournament in the USA.

There’s also a hat-trick to reflect upon, something Lockie achieved for New Zealand against Sri Lanka on the Black Caps’ white-ball tour of the country in November. And, on top of all that, Lockie talks about his experiences of bowling in the UAE, his variations, his views on the value or otherwise of high pace on slow pitches, the Vipers’ green initiatives and who he’s looking forward to playing alongside and against during the upcoming DP World ILT20.

And To start with, Lockie spoke to us about his time in Australia ahead of the tournament, playing for the Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League.

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