On The Circuit
Ten Doeschate extends Essex contract
Ryan ten Doeschate has extended his Essex contract by two years, to take him up to the 2010 season
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
Ryan ten Doeschate has extended his Essex contract by two years, to take him up to the 2010 season.
Ten Doeschate, 27, enjoyed his best year with the bat to date in the Championship in 2007, scoring 845 runs at 42.25 with three centuries.
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Martin Saggers has signed a contract extension with Kent which will keep him at the club until 2009
Andrew McGlashan
25-Feb-2013
Martin Saggers has signed a contract extension with Kent which will keep him at the club until 2009. It means he will complete a decade at Kent after joining them from Durham in 1999. He was loaned out to Essex during the 2007 season, but ended with 19 wickets at 24 in the Championship as Kent narrowly avoided relegation from Division One.
Full postSussex sign two young players and keep Smith
Sussex have extended Tom Smith's contract for one year and have also signed two new young players, Ben Brown and Will Beer
ESPNcricinfo staff
25-Feb-2013
Sussex have extended Tom Smith's contract for one year and have also signed two new young players, Ben Brown and Will Beer. All three players have come up through the ranks of the Sussex Academy.
Smith said: "I am delighted to be kept on at the club. I have had a fantastic first year and hope my career will flourish at Sussex."
Wicketkeeper Brown capped a week where he was named in the England Under-19 World Cup squad. He said: "I am thoroughly delighted to make the step up from the Academy and can't wait to get stuck in next season."
Beer, a talented leg-spin bowler, said: "Getting on to the staff at Sussex has always been my ultimate ambition and I am extremely delighted and excited at the prospect of the season of being part of a Championship winning team."
Full postThornely signs two-year Sussex deal
Michael Thornely has signed a two-year deal with Sussex
ESPNcricinfo staff
25-Feb-2013
Michael Thornely has signed a two-year deal with Sussex. Thornely, the 19-year-old batsman, scored 800 runs in the Second XI Championship this season.
Their manager Mark Robinson said: "What has impressed us most is that he has grown in stature as a person as well as a player. If he continues this rate of improvement he will have a very bright future with the club."
Thornely, who is developing his game further this winter in Perth, Australia said: " I am delighted to be staying at Sussex. The team and coaching staff are very supportive of their young players and I am looking forward to giving back as much as I can to the club over the next two seasons."
Full postEssex award nine academy contracts
Essex have signed up nine players for their Graham Gooch Essex Cricket Academy
ESPNcricinfo staff
25-Feb-2013
Essex have signed up nine players for their Graham Gooch Essex Cricket Academy. Harry Beddows, 15, is the only new recruit. Beddows, a wicketkeeper-batsman, has been awarded a one-year deal along with Michael Comber, Joanne Cook, Dominic Hurst, Alan Ison and Aaron West.
Meanwhile, fifteen-year-old legspinning allrounder Rishabh Shah has been given a two-year academy contract, while Jaik Mickleburgh and Adam Wheater have been handed two-year academy professional contracts.
Full postDerbyshire hand quartet new deals
Derbyshire have signed up a quartet of their bright young players on new contracts
ESPNcricinfo staff
25-Feb-2013
Derbyshire have signed up a quartet of their bright young players on new contracts. Dan Birch, Chris Paget and Ross Whiteley have penned one-year contracts while teenage wicketkeeper Tom Poynton secured a two-year deal.
Birch, 26, was plucked from Derby Premier League cricket ahead of the 2007 season and he has made a decent impression in his debut season as a professional. A century before lunch on his first-class debut against Cambridge University was followed by 95 in his maiden Championship innings for the club against Gloucestershire.
Despite missing the end of the campaign through injury
Full postDurham honoured with civic receptions
Durham CCC will be honoured with civic receptions by Chester-le-Street District Council and Durham County Council on Monday 1 October.
ESPNcricinfo staff
25-Feb-2013
Durham CCC will be honoured with civic receptions by Chester-le-Street District Council and Durham County Council on Monday 1 October.
The club, which is celebrating its 125th anniversary, is being honoured following the team
Full postLanger discusses his pitch-perfect tactics
Justin Langer reveals what he said to help Somerset to promotion to the top flight of the Championship
ESPNcricinfo staff
25-Feb-2013
Justin Langer reveals what he said to help Somerset to promotion to the top flight of the Championship. Read the interview in The Guardian.
Full postAdnan released by Derbyshire
Hassan Adnan, the Derbyshire batsman, was not offered a new contract and has left the club after five seasons.
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
Hassan Adnan, the Derbyshire batsman, was not offered a new contract and has left the club after five seasons.
Adnan, 33, played 65 first-class matches for the club scoring 3678 runs at 35.36. He never matched the prolific form he showed in 2004 when, in his second season, he scored 1380 runs at 51.11. In 2007, he averaged just 21 in 11 matches.
Full postMitchell extends Worcestershire contract
Daryl Mitchell has extended his contract with Worcestershire
ESPNcricinfo staff
25-Feb-2013
Daryl Mitchell has extended his contract with Worcestershire. The one-year deal lasts until the end of the 2009 season.
Mitchell, an allrounder, averaged 43 in the Championship this season. "I am a Worcestershire lad and I want to play for the club for many years to come," he said. "I feel the way I performed in the last few games that I have established myself at the top of the order."
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