One of Eastern Province’s hot new signings is confident that his new venture in the Domestic Restructure can help him reach his full potential.

Only just 26 years of age and Diego Rosier has been around for a while now trying to knock down doors in South African domestic cricket. The Kimberly born former SA U19 batsman has represented teams like Free State, Northern Cape, Northerns, Titans, Knights and was scooped up the Pretoria Mavericks for the Inaugural T20 Global T20 league that was later cancelled.

Rosier made his List A and First-Class debuts in 2010 for the Griqualand West, then a year later, he made his T20 debut for Griqualand West. Rosier has since moved from Titans to Eastern Province following the restructuring of South Africa’s domestic cricket that has seen a lot of movements of players from one Province to another.

As someone who has been around for a number of years now, Diego Rosier will be the first to admit that he is yet to fulfil his full potential on the cricket field especially in the longer format.

He has generally done well in white-ball cricket regardless of the level he is playing at and an average of 55.83 Northerns and 46.80 for the Titans even though the sample size for the Titans is a bit small.

It is in red-ball cricket where he seems to have struggled to fully find his consistency but during his stint at Northerns, he was beginning to look like someone who was slowly finding his feet which played a massive role in him getting a call up to the Titans side.

“In my first couple of seasons with Northerns I would say the quality of opportunity and purely being backed by the coaching staff made a massive difference in my performances,” Rosier said exclusively to Cricket Fanatics Magazine. 

“The environment pushed me to be better and to want to be involved with the best. Everyone wanting to play up higher, having that around you constantly can only push you and motivate you to break barriers and challenge yourself.”

His move to Port Elizabeth is one of many moves we have witnessed in the last couple of weeks with Division 1 Provinces all looking to complete their squads before the deadline date.

This move also provides Diego with an opportunity to try and get himself some more game time having played only 10 matches across two formats (List A and First Class) for Titans, understandably so with all the quality that the Titans have.

The move will be an opportunity for him to start afresh and look to find some and consistency which is something that he agrees with when we asked him about what inspired his decision.

“Looking for a better opportunity as I’ve learnt a lot being involved with Northerns but it’s time now to use that knowledge fully and become the player I’ve always known I could be. Hopefully having Robbie P around me will be influential in allowing me to become that player.”

Diego Rosier is someone much like Aiden Markram that has always been seen as a natural leader and has been bestowed with the captaincy in most teams that he has played for. He has captained Griquas, SA U19, Northern Cape and Northerns at some point in his career.

He gave us an idea of what being trusted with a leadership position or role in the team can do for you as a player.

“Leadership has always been part of me from my upbringing. Doing something like that for many years regardless of the level can only have nothing but positive influences on your game and as well as life itself.

“It’s more than just making decisions and that’s the beauty of it. Setting the example, leading from the front can only put you in good stead in how you carry yourself and how you want to make an impact and a difference in the environment.

“Having that trust and backing from players and staff allows you to confidently be yourself.”

Throughout his career, Diego Rosier has been someone who has not been known to shy away from competition or pressure. He is someone who believes in taking challenges head-on because he believes they all bring a lesson or two.

The move to Eastern Province will provide him with different opportunities in a different environment. Could this be the breakthrough season for the hard-hitting batsman? 

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