SUSSEX coach Mark Robinson admits Piyush Chawla was the club’s third-choice as an overseas signing. The spinner, who has played two Tests and 21 one-dayers for India, took eight wickets on his county debut as Sussex beat Worcestershire on Sunday, adding an unbeaten 102 with the bat. And he took five wickets against Somerset on Tuesday. But Robinson was first turned down by New Zealand paceman Shane Bond and Australia seamer Shaun Tait, and said: ‘There was a lot of heartache over this decision because we have three young spinners we are trying to promote.
It was definitely Plan B because we wanted a strike bowler but knew the importance of having an impact player. It might not be as easy for him from this point but successive five-fors and a hundred is not a bad start.’
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