The Bushrangers have signed Englishman Matthew Oswell from Durham Cricket Academy, the same stable that brought the club Paul Coughlan and James Weighall in previous years.

He will join Indian all-rounder Sahib Malhotra as the club's two imports, after Malhotra committed to the club once again after first joining in January 2017.

Tallangatta captain-coach Matt Armstrong said Oswell, a fast bowling all-rounder, fits the bill as the club's ideal overseas player.

"He's a young guy trying to make it as a cricketer. He's played some games for Durham in the seconds and he's played in their academy side and their under-19s setup," Armstrong said.

"Hopefully he'll come out and bring some good energy and be good for us this year.

"He opened the batting in club cricket and he's been batting number five or six for Durham.

Malhotra will return to Cricket Albury Wodonga in fine form, having taken 100-year-old Canadian outfit Abbotsford to its first premiership and finishing as the league's most valuable player.

"He's back in India now and has a trial with his home state, Chandigarh, and they're looking like getting BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) status and will have a first class team there," Armstrong added.

"He's got a trial with them to potentially play first class cricket in India as well."

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As well as locking in two classy imports, the Bushrangers have pounced on two Wangaratta premiership players in Ollie Willett and Fraser Ellis, who have crossed from City Colts.

Willett, a wicketkeeper-batsman, wants to try his hand at premier cricket in Melbourne in 12 months.

"He just wanted to come and play at a slightly higher standard than where he was and spend some time trying to prepare himself for the next step," Armstrong said.

"He asked me about coming out and playing and I said 'of course, we'd love to have you', so that worked out pretty well.

"Out of the blue, he sent me a Facebok message and said 'what about a fast bowler as well?' and I asked him 'how fast and what's his name?' and we started talking to Fraser (Ellis).

"They're best mates and agreed they wanted to come up here and do it together, so it worked out pretty well."

As the only team in the competition outside Albury-Wodonga, Armstrong said Tallangatta is always trying to attract new players.

"Sporting teams in small towns are sort of dying, so you've got to be innovative in what you do and make sure you spend your money in the right areas to get good value for what you do," he said.

"By bringing in international players and coaches, it helps attract other people to the club.

"The community behind the club works overtime to make sure when people come and play with us, they have a good time, and it seems to be working at the moment."