SOMERSET'S new director of cricket, Matt Maynard, will have his first meeting with his playing squad this morning.

Maynard said: “I am excited to meet them all. I have met many of them individually but as a group they don’t know where I am coming from so hopefully I can give them a bit of clarity as to how I see things.

“I will also give a few details and updates on the winter programme and how it’s going to work.

“We will also be talking about the situation regarding the overseas player for the 2015 season.”

“I am looking forward to getting to work with them all but before that I have got a two week commitment working with Cricket Scotland in Dubai which starts on Sunday.”

Maynard added: “We are very close to making a decision on the captaincy for 2015 and we expect to make an announcement about that by Christmas.”