Dan's tons better now after first-class effort

DAN Mousley is "delighted to be back" with the Bears after a successful time away from the squad playing for a Professional County Club Select XI and the England Lions.

- By RIDA IQBAL

Mousley featured in two red-ball fixtures against Zimbabwe and India A, where he scored twin hundreds, the second being his maiden first-class century.

"The opportunity to play against India A was great, and I wanted to go there and try to perform, and it went pretty well for me personally," he said.

"I was very happy, it felt like a monkey off my back, if anything. There's been opportunities here where I probably should have got hundreds and I haven't.

"The Zimbabwe game gave me a lot of confidence. I couldn't turn down the opportunity to play them, and then India A had such a good attack, a lot of Test boys in, so to get runs in that is really pleasing.

"I think mainly it shows me that I know I can do it, so it gives me that confidence coming back to the Bears now, and showing to myself I can really compete at the top level."