PACEMAN Adam Meads has vowed to bring some Australian firepower to Wisbech Town Cricket Club’s bowling attack.

The 21-year-old has already impressed his new team-mates after swapping the beaches of Byron Bay for the pitch at Harecroft Road.

He took two wickets on his debut - a friendly defeat to Downham on Saturday - and two more in a win over Spalding on Sunday.

Meads said: “I just want to take wickets - that’s pretty much my only target.

“I got off the plane last Wednesday and went straight to training that night. It was good to get into action at the weekend, if a little bit cold.

“We had been having 35C days before I left Australia so it was a bit of a shock to the system.”

Meads caught the eye during Wisbech’s annual two-day clash with the MCC this week by dismissing Cameron Wake, who scored a century in last year’s friendly, on his way to three wickets in the first innings.

Gary Freear and Ben Allsop looked in good form with the bat, as Wisbech pushed the MCC all the way in a 19-run defeat.

“It was a big honour to play against the MCC,” said Meads. “It’s a great experience because we don’t get opportunities like that back home.”

The seamer played for his state New South Wales as a teenager, alongside emerging Australian internationals Mitchell Starc and James Pattinson.

He said: “I used to bowl pretty quick back then, somewhere around 80mph, but I’ve had injuries and I’m definitely slower now.

“I’ve been holding back a little so far and I’ll bend my back a bit more later in the season.”

Meads, who is also an aggressive lower-order batsman, said he had been impressed by the set-up at Wisbech, especially the junior section.

“They seem to be an awesome bunch of guys,” he said. “Everyone has made me feel welcome. I’ve only been here a week and it already feels like a few months.”

Wisbech, whose bowling options have been further boosted by captain James Williams’ return to fitness, travel to North Runcton tomorrow before holding their signing-on day on Sunday.

They begin their Tucker Gardner Premier Division One campaign by hosting Khalsa next Saturday.