AUSTRALIAN batsman Matthew Elliott has offered his services to struggling Glamorgan this summer but is still waiting for the green light to be the side's 2008 overseas player.

The prolific left-hander is planning to hang up his first-class boots in Australia at the end of the current season in March but is ready to commit himself for a third spell of county cricket at Sophia Gardens this summer.

Elliott, who topped Glamorgan's championship batting averages during a two-month stint at the start of last season, insists there has been no recurrence of the knee injury that ruled him out of county action in 2006, and with Glamorgan's first choice overseas targets proving difficult to nail down, is ready to step into the breach.

"I haven't had any problems with my knee during the state season for South Australia and the operation I had in 2006 has probably prolonged my career," Elliott told the Argus.

"I've always enjoyed playing for Glamorgan and I've made a lot of friends at the club. If there's an opportunity to go back I would be interested.

"At the end of the day it's up to Glamorgan to decide who they want me as an overseas player but I'm still in contact with the club and I'm sure they will make a decision in their own time."

Meanwhile Australian all-rounder Cameron White -believed to be one of the priority targets on Glamorgan cricket manager Matthew Maynard's overseas player list - has ruled himself out of a full season at Glamorgan this year.

The former Somerset skipper, who scored a thousand runs in consecutive seasons at Taunton, has opted for a shorter stint as his preference..

"After two seasons of county cricket for Somerset I don't want to go back for a third full season this year but I am very keen on a six-week stint," White said.

"If Glamorgan need someone for the Twenty20 cup that would be ideal."

And former Glamorgan seamer Alan Wilkins has revealed how his offer of help was recently rejected by Glamorgan officials.

Wilkins - a member of the Glamorgan team that played in the county's first one-day Lords final in 1977 before moving into a new career in broadcasting- believes there are no quick fixes to Glamorgan's current plight.

"I was in Wales recently and offered my expertise to Glamorgan but they weren't interested in talking to former players," said Wilkins.