On The Circuit
Trio extend Gloucestershire contracts
Vikram Banerjee, Kadeer Ali and Steve Adshead have all signed extended contracts with Gloucestershire.
Andrew McGlashan
25-Feb-2013
Vikram Banerjee, Kadeer Ali and Steve Adshead have all signed extended contracts with Gloucestershire.
Adshead replace Jack Russell as wicketkeeper and has been a dependable member of the squad, while Kadeer Ali is beginning to settle into the first-class game.
Vikram Banerjee is a highly rated left-arm spinner who has been involved in the ECB's spin bowling programme.
Full postGale signs Yorkshire deal
Andrew Gale, the Yorkshire top-order batsman, has signed a new three-year deal with the club
Andrew McGlashan
25-Feb-2013
Andrew Gale, the Yorkshire top-order batsman, has signed a new three-year deal with the club. He has had limited first-team chances, but with counties allowed just one overseas player next year is hopeful of more opportunities.
"Hopefully next year I can get a bit more exposure in the County Championship," he said. "With our overseas player being a bowler there is a place up for grabs in the middle order, so I am determined to come back to pre-season fighting fit and full of runs and ready for selection. I know I can fill that spot and do well."
Full postMustard and Coetzer extend Durham contracts
Phil Mustard and Kyle Coetzer have signed one-year contract extensions with Durham
ESPNcricinfo staff
25-Feb-2013
Phil Mustard and Kyle Coetzer have signed one-year contract extensions with Durham. Mustard, the England keeper-batsman, will stay with Durham until 2010. The batsman Coetzer was Durham's Young Player of the Year.
Durham 's head coach Geoff Cook, said: "I'm delighted that Phil and Kyle have extended their contracts with us. They have both been involved with the Club from a young age and it's great to have them with us as we continue to move forward."
The club's chief executive David Harker added:
Full postWestfield signs two-year contract
Essex fast bowler Mervyn Westfield has signed a new two-year contract up to the end of the 2009 season.
ESPNcricinfo staff
25-Feb-2013
Essex fast bowler Mervyn Westfield has signed a new two-year contract up to the end of the 2009 season.
Westfield, 19, is continuing his rehabilitation after missing much of the 2007 campaign following surgery on a lumbar spine stress fracture.
Despite his injury, Westfield has been selected in the ECB Skills Set for fast bowlers at the National Cricket Centre in Loughborough over the winter.
After making his first-class debut in 2005, the England Under-19 international has so far made five first-class appearances with a best bowling of for 72 against Somerset at Garon Park in 2006.
Full postSchofield gears up for winter
A fantastic summer for Chris Schofield culminated in selection for England's ICC World Twenty20 campaign and more recently a place on the ECB Academy
ESPNcricinfo staff
25-Feb-2013
A fantastic summer for Chris Schofield culminated in selection for England's ICC World Twenty20 campaign and more recently a place on the ECB Academy. He told Surrey TV what he is expecting to achieve this winter.
Full postUdal signs for Berkshire
Shaun Udal, the former England and Hampshire off-spinner, has signed for Berkshire CCC to replace Aftab Habib who, last week, was named the new coach of Hong Kong .
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
Shaun Udal, the former England and Hampshire off-spinner, has signed for Berkshire CCC to replace Aftab Habib who, last week, was named the new coach of Hong Kong.
Full postChapple signs extended contract
Glen Chapple has signed a contract extension with Lancashire taking him up to the end of the 2009 season.
Andrew McGlashan
25-Feb-2013
Glen Chapple has signed a contract extension with Lancashire taking him up to the end of the 2009 season.
Chapple, 33, made his debut for Lancashire in 1992 and last season took 47 championship wickets at 21.85, including a career best 7 for 53 against Durham, at Blackpool, in September.
Full postChambers extends Essex deal
Maurice Chambers, the 20-year-old fast bowler, has signed a one-year extension with Essex to take him up to the end of the 2009 season.
Andrew McGlashan
25-Feb-2013
Maurice Chambers, the 20-year-old fast bowler, has signed a one-year extension with Essex to take him up to the end of the 2009 season.
Chambers, born in Jamaica, received British Citizenship in July and is continuing his rehabilitation from a lumbar-spine stress fracture which meant he missed most of the 2007 season.
However, he has made good enough progress to be a part of the ECB
Full postLancashire youngsters handed contracts
Allrounder Steven Mullaney and left-arm spinner Stephen Parry have signed one-year contracts with Lancashire.
Andrew McGlashan
25-Feb-2013
Allrounder Steven Mullaney and left-arm spinner Stephen Parry have signed one-year contracts with Lancashire.
For Mullaney it is his second professional deal and keeps him at Old Trafford until the end of the 2008 season while for Parry, who impressed in Second XI and club cricket last summer, it is his first full contract.
Seven players - captain Mark Chilton, Gary Keedy, Luke Sutton, Gareth Cross, Steven Croft, Tom Smith and Karl Brown - have agreed contract extensions to until the end of the 2009 season.
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