On The Circuit
Iain Sutcliffe will head to Northamptonshire on loan for a month from August 8, to strengthen the top order.
Derbyshire have turned down Chris Taylor's request to be released a year into a two-year contract
Hassan Adnan, the Derbyshire batsman, has been granted permission to look for another club for next season
Essex fast bowler Tony Palladino has signed a new two-year contract that will take him up to the end of the 2009 season.
In The Sunday Telegraph , Steve James highlights the disparity between the high earners in English cricket and those at the bottom of the food chain.
The Professional Cricketers' Association estimates that a cricketer works about 50 hours a week (including play, travel, training and time spent away from home). This means, in broad terms, that a player needs to earn more than £7,000 per season to be over the minimum wage. There are definitely players earning less than that; indeed there are players earning as little as £3,000 per season.
Northamptonshire have begun organising their squad for next season with Steven Crook and Riki Wessels agreeing contract extenstion while Alex Wakely, the Under-19 allrounder, has signed a two-year deal.
Gloucestershire's opening Pro40 match, which was meant to begin the Cheltenham Festival, fell victim to the further heavy rain