Cricket News

Leicestershire have signed Surrey all-rounder James Burke on a season-long loan

Chris Rogers is returning to Somerset as coach-cum-mentor as he still harbours the ambition of helping them to their first Championship title

Max Holden, who will skipper England Under-19s on their impending tour of India, has been loaned by Middlesex to Northants for the first half of the 2017 season

Durham have confirmed the signing of South African batsmen Stephen Cook for the first half of the 2017 season

Michael Carberry has returned to training with Hampshire as he continues his recovery from cancer

Dean Elgar has resisted the temptation to join the exodus from South African cricket with a Kolpak deal having agreed to re-join Somerset as an overseas player

Lancashire have turned to one of their own to try and bring success to the county with the announcement of Glen Chapple as head coach

Glamorgan are heading the race to sign Marchant de Lange as South Africa's Kolpak exodus to county cricket continues apace

Sussex have confirmed the signing of South Africa allrounder David Wiese on a three-year Kolpak deal as he becomes the latest player to end his international career

David Wiese, the South Africa allrounder, is the latest player in line for a Kolpak deal with him nearing a move to Sussex.

Durham hope to complete the signing of Stephen Cook as an overseas player within the next few days

Reece Topley, the England left-arm seamer, has suffered another injury setback after picking up a shoulder problem which will require surgery

Allan Donald, the former South Africa fast bowler, has emerged as the frontrunner for the director of cricket role at Kent

Hampshire believe they are on the verge of securing the services of Kyle Abbott as a Kolpak registration despite his recent success at international level

Peter Handscomb, Australia's top-order batsman, is Yorkshire's choice for 2017 as an overseas professional in all formats

Ashley Giles was appointed Warwickshire's director of cricket, after he was released from his contract at Lancashire, enabling him to be closer to his family in the Midlands

Daniel Vettori, the former New Zealand spinner, has joined Middlesex on a three-year contract to serve as the club's head coach for the T20 Blast

Aaron Finch, the Australia opener, will return to Surrey for the whole of the 2017 NatWest T20 Blast

Dan Christian will return for Nottinghamshire in the 2017 NatWest Blast

Yorkshire and their rugby league counterparts, Leeds Rhinos, have appealed to Leeds City Council to give the go-ahead to their Headingley development next month