The tall all-rounder is the new face in a relatively unchanged Cats line up as the delayed Wagga Cricket season approaches.

The 35-year-old moved from Queensland for work and has been enjoying his time with the Cats in the lead up to the November 6 start date.

"It seems like a real inclusive club who have their focus in the right spot," Kross said. "It's all about player development, player inclusion and being competitive will still having fun.

"It ticked all the boxes."

Kross links with the Cats after playing for Nambour in Sunshine Coast's division one competition.

He's hoping his experience from playing around the world can be a benefit to the side.

"I normally open the bowler or am first change and bat in the middle order," Kross said.

Josh Thompson is back for a second season as captain-coach.

He believes Kross will be a good addition both with the ball and through their middle order.

"We haven't really worked it out yet but he looks pretty handy with the ball and we think he can play a pivotal part in our team as another bloke you can rely on," Thompson said.

"He's going to be a middle to lower order dash as well as he's a really clean hitter of the ball so we're really looking to see what he can bring.

"We've probably lacked a few dashers at the bottom of our list so it will be handy to have someone who can hit the ball pretty hard at the end of our innings."

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Thompson also believes some continuity in the role will benefit the club.

Especially as their younger talent continues to pick up more experience.

"It was a no brainer for me as we've got such a good group of young guns so only doing it for one year doesn't make much sense," Thompson said.

"It's going to be a three or four year project so I'm more than happy to go help everyone out again and keep learning myself."

The Cats have retained all of their side from last season.

With many of their younger players getting more experience, Thompson believes their team continues to improve.

"It feels like we're just starting to get to a really good period where we can start to enjoy them playing some really good cricket and get on the back of them with a few more wins," he said.

Despite a horror exit in last season's preliminary final, where the Cats were bowled out by Kooringal Colts for 82 chasing 283, Thompson is confident they can make amends.

"Everyone has been doing a heap of work over the last two-month period," Thompson said.

"We've been training while we could with the COVID restrictions and it's been on and off with all the different information.

"Everyone is shaping up pretty good and everyone is starting to look in pretty good touch so I'm pretty excited for things to come."

Thompson has also had more time to prepare for the season after the early to the football season.

He believes it's given him time to take a break for it all.

"There was a bit of extra time but I took a lot of it for myself," Thompson said.

"It was good just to get a breath of fresh air and get that good break as it's not every year you do get it.

"It was a debreather from both footy and cricket but we're back in the full swing of things now."