On The Circuit
Jim Troughton and Tim Groenewald have signed new two-year deals with Warwickshire to take them through to the end of the 2009 season.
Graham Napier has signed a two-year contract extension with Essex until the end of the 2009 season
Village cricketers from Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Oxfordshire and Sussex meet in the semi-finals of the npower Village Cup this Sunday (August 19)
Paul Collingwood, Kevin Pietersen, Dimitri Mascarenhas and Chris Tremlett will be available to their respective counties for the Friends Provident Trophy Final between Durham and Hampshire at Lord
Omari Banks, the West Indies offspinner, is playing for Somerset 2nd XI with the county deciding whether to sign him for the 2008 season
Warwickshire have said they are unlikely to offer allrounder Neil Carter a new contract when his current deal expires at the end of the season.
John Crawley may have missed out on a hundred but his unbeaten 97 helped Hampshire to a last-over win against Nottinghamshire under the lights in Tuesday