Highly-rated Western Australia all-rounder Adam Voges will be playing for Bournemouth in the ECB Southern Electric Premier cricket League this summer.

The 23-year old starlet made an immediate mark barely 24 hours after arriving from Perth by scoring a classy 61 in Bournemouth's 72-run defeat against Dorset's Minor Counties side.

Bournemouth's Director of Cricket, Richard Scott, describes the signing of Voges as a "major coup" and predicts the young Australian all-rounder will make a major impact in the Premier League this season.

"Some of the shots he played against Dorset were real class and quite remarkable considering that he was still suffering from jet lag.

"The great thing was that he wanted to play so quickly after arriving here," Scott said.

Voges, who was recommended to Bournemouth by Hampshire Team Manager Paul Terry, arrives with a glowing CV.

A forcing right-hand batsman and orthodox left-arm spin bowler, he toured England with the Australia Under-19 side in 1999.

He spent 2001 at the famous Commonwealth Bank Academy at Adelaide and earlier this year made four Pura Cup (Sheffield Shield) appearances for the full Western Australia side, playing against Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.

Ironically, Voges made his debut in the same 4-day match at the WACA against Tasmania as Luke Ronchi, who scored over 2,000 runs in his three seasons with Bashley (Rydal).

He made several scores of 30 and above batting at number five in his Pura Cup matches.

"Adam is a very dedicated young player with a real determination to make his mark in cricket," praised Paul Terry.

"He's the type of player who will quickly adapt to the different playing surfaces in the Premier League and he'll be a massive influence both on and off the field at Bournemouth."

A regular team-mate of Hampshire all-rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas in Western Australia Grade cricket, Voges captained Melville to this season's one-day final, hitting a century against a star-studded Scarborough team under the WACA floodlights.