Lancashire youngsters handed contracts

Allrounder Steven Mullaney and left-arm spinner Stephen Parry have signed one-year contracts with Lancashire.

For Mullaney it is his second professional deal and keeps him at Old Trafford until the end of the 2008 season while for Parry, who impressed in Second XI and club cricket last summer, it is his first full contract.

Seven players - captain Mark Chilton, Gary Keedy, Luke Sutton, Gareth Cross, Steven Croft, Tom Smith and Karl Brown - have agreed contract extensions to until the end of the 2009 season.