Reinforcements, twirl-wise.

Reinforcements, twirl-wise, are on the way.

Jeetan Patel has been told this morning by the bureaucrats down under that his paperwork and visa are all in order and his passport will be couriered back to him from Canberra to his home in Wellington "immediately".

As soon as his passport arrives back in his possession, he will travel to England so he should be on a plane next Monday or Tuesday, arrive in Birmingham on Tuesday or Wednesday and make his Warwickshire debut against Scotland in the FPL on Sunday week.

Which is just as well because a large proportion of the Bears squad will be injured or on England Lions duty that day.