Bears sign spinner Rocchiccioli on short-term deal
Rocchiccioli has taken 114 wickets in 34 first-class games for his home state Western Australia, and finished the recent Sheffield Shield season as the third highest wicket-taker with 38, including a career-best 7-52 against Queensland in February.Warwickshire are the second county to bring in an overseas player on a short-term deal after Hampshire signed India white-ball batter Tilak Varma to cover the same block of four matches.Warwickshire are currently fourth in Division One of the County Championship after the first seven matches, 22 points behind leaders Nottinghamshire.After Friday's T20 Blast derby against Worcestershire Rapids, they return to red-ball action against Somerset on Sunday, 22 June.
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