Caddick close to new deal with Somerset

Andy Caddick is set to sign a new four-year contract with Somerset. Caddick, who has not played international cricket since the fifth Ashes Test last January, began work in the nets this week for the first time since undergoing back surgery last September.

"I've had a couple of meetings with him and we'll sort it out soon," Peter Anderson, Somerset's chief executive, told BBC Radio Bristol. "He looks OK in the nets although he's only bowling off a few paces, but his back has mended well and he's in good shape."

Caddick was rumoured to be moving to Warwickshire for next season, but if this deal with Somerset goes through, Caddick, 35, will end his career at Taunton, where he started it in 1991.