AUSTRALIAN Mark Penter will be Evesham Cricket Club's overseas player next summer.

The talented Western Australian all-rounder currently plays A-Grade cricket - the level below the State game - and he is a good friend of Warwickshire's newest England player Ian Bell.

Penter is a left-handed opening batsman who also bowls off-spin and is also a qualified coach that will allow him to help bring on the club's flourishing junior section while also helping Evesham consolidate their position in the Birmingham League.