He said the decision to leave Headingley was “really tough” but Warwickshire’s “clear vision” and “the opportunity to play alongside a number of familiar faces” made the move “truly exciting”. Thompson has just returned from a side strain but took 15 wickets and scored 178 runs in five County Championship matches before getting injured. “Jordan...
Long-serving all-rounder Paul Walter has signed a new contract with Essex through to the end of the 2028 season. The left-hander has sparkled as a converted opening bat this summer, scoring 495 runs in the County Championship at an average of nearly 62. He has scored two hundreds and two half-centuries in five appearances so...
Webster was developing into anything but a gimmick. Like a host of all-rounders, success in one discipline fed the other. In the 2023-24 season, his 938 runs were by far the most in the Sheffield Shield, supplemented by 30 wickets. Only one other player in Shield history had managed 900 runs and 30 wickets in...
Derbyshire have re-signed all-rounder Fynn Hudson-Prentice from Sussex on an initial four-match T20 Blast loan deal. The 29-year-old, who was not involved in Sussex’s first three games in this season’s competition, has taken 33 wickets and scored 548 runs in 51 T20 appearances during his career. He was a member of the Derbyshire squad which...
Durham have signed New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham for this season’s T20 Blast competition. The 34-year-old left-hander is a veteran of 83 T20 internationals and 76 ODI games for the Black Caps. Neesham, who also bowls right-arm seam, will play for his sixth county after previous stints with Derbyshire, Essex, Kent, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire as...
Glamorgan have signed Australian all-rounder Hayden Kerr until the end of July. The 28-year-old Sydney Sixers and New South Wales player will be available for T20 Vitality Blast and County Championship fixtures. Kerr – who comes from Bowral, the same town where cricketing legend Sir Donald Bradman grew up – has previously played in the...
Whoever stumped up the cash, Green’s arrival is mutually beneficial. Gloucestershire get a player Australia hope will be a fixture in their XI for a generation. Green gets competitive cricket in England and a chance to prove his form and fitness before the World Test Championship final against South Africa at Lord’s in June. He...
Australia all-rounder Ellyse Perry says she is “really excited about the opportunity” to play for Hampshire this summer and that she spoke with former coach Charlotte Edwards about the move. The 34-year-old signed on Thursday as an overseas player for the Hawks in the inaugural Women’s T20 Blast. She will join up with the squad...
Australia international Ellyse Perry has signed as an overseas player for Hampshire in the inaugural Women’s T20 Blast. The 34-year-old all-rounder has won two World Cups, six ICC Women’s World Twenty20 championships and a Commonwealth Games gold medal with Australia. Perry is a two-time winner of the Rachel Heyhoe Flint Trophy, awarded to the best...
Nottinghamshire all-rounder Lyndon James has signed a new three-year contract that keeps him at Trent Bridge until the end of the 2027 season. The 26-year-old’s deal extension comes just days after he scored a century in Notts’ season-opening County Championship victory against Durham. It was his fifth first-class ton for Notts since coming through the...
Hampshire all-rounder Liam Dawson says that his side need to be “realistic with expectations” this season despite getting off to a winning start in the County Championship. Bowler Mohammad Abbas left the county in February and star batter James Vince announced his decision to only feature in white ball competitions, leaving them with a younger...
Northamptonshire all-rounder Rob Keogh believes Darren Lehmann is the man to get the best out of their squad in this season’s County Championship. They finished fourth in Division Two last season after winning two and drawing nine of their 14 games, 56 points adrift of second-placed Yorkshire. But they hope to mount a stronger promotion...
Hampshire have drafted in New Zealander Brett Hampton for the first two months of the County Championship season after all-rounder Jack Edwards was ruled out through injury. Australian Edwards had been signed as one of the county’s overseas players, but sustained a knee injury playing for New South Wales in the Sheffield Shield and faces...
England all-rounder Danielle Gibson has been ruled out of the start of the women’s domestic season with a stress fracture in her back. The 23-year-old felt discomfort during preparations for England A’s forthcoming multi-format series against Australia A in Sydney. A scan has revealed the extent of the injury and Gibson will now fly back...
Warwickshire all-rounder George Garton has signed a contract extension, tying him to the club until the end of the 2026 season. Garton joined the Bears from Sussex ahead of last season but only appeared in T20 Blast cricket, taking 13 wickets and scoring 105 runs. The 27-year-old played for Sydney Thunder in Australia’s Big Bash...