Michael Carberry was ready to board a plane to Perth this time 12 months ago. Not with England, but to join Scorchers for a season in the Big Bash League.
An agreement had been reached and a contract signed which Carberry ultimately couldn’t fulfil due to a dream call-up to the England Test side for the Ashes series against Australia.
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Kevin Pietersen has been left without an Indian Premier League side – and an estimated £880,000 contract – after being dropped by Delhi Daredevils.
The Daredevils finished bottom of the IPL standings for the second straight year in 2014, and Delhi have decided to undergo a major overhaul of their squad.
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Nick Compton has rejoined Middlesex a month after leaving Somerset.
The England batsman has signed a three-year contract and returns to the county where he came through the positions and spent eight years before leaving in 2009.
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Former skipper Kyle Coetzer will help captain Preston Mommsen in Scotland’s World Cup squad after head coach Grant Bradburn named his provisional 24-guy lineup.
Northamptonshire’s Coetzer is among five contracted county players lining up for the Scots, alongside Durham’s Calum MacLeod, Rob Taylor of Leicestershire, Sussex’s Matt Machan and Josh Davey of Somerset.
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Hampshire threesome Jimmy Adams, James Tomlinson and Danny Briggs have all signed new contracts which will keep them at the county before the finish of the 2016 season.
The deals for the three players were due to expire in the conclusion of next season, nevertheless they’ve all elected to stay at Hampshire.
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Young fast bowler Harry Podmore has signed a one-year contract extension to his present deal at Middlesex.
The statement from Lord’s means the 20-year old remains in the team until at least the conclusion of the 2016 national season.
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Nottinghamshire allrounder Steven Mullaney has agreed a contract extension that will keep him at Trent Bridge before the close of the 2017 season.
The 28-year old helped Notts win the 2010 County Championship title following his move from Lancashire and he was named the county’s player of the year in 2013.
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Chris Read has signed a fresh contract with Nottinghamshire, prolonging his stay at Trent Bridge until 2016.
The 36-year old wicketkeeper made 54 catches behind the stumps last season and says he needs continue in the club after enjoying a fruitful year.
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Joe Root has signed a two-year contract extension with Yorkshire, keeping him with the county winners until 2016.
The England batsman is among 10 players to sign new deals at Headingley – including wicketkeeper Andrew Hodd and legspinner Adil Rashid.
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Quick bowler Boyd Rankin and batsman Sam Hain have signed long term deals with Warwickshire.
Rankin, 30, has put pen to paper on a three-year contract, while the 19-year old Hain has agreed a four-year deal.
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Gloucestershire have awarded batsman Ian Cockbain a new contract which keeps him at Bristol until 2017.
Cockbain has scored 1751 first class runs in the past three seasons, plus 1005 in one-day cricket and 771 in Twenty20.
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Sussex academy products Will Beer, Callum Jackson and Steffan Piolet have all signed new one-year contracts with the county.
Spinner Beer has largely specialised in one-day cricket for Sussex, taking 13 wickets in the Sharks’ T20 Blast campaign, and also making key contributions in the Royal London One-Day Cup with bat and ball.
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Darren Bravo will miss the West Indies’ Test series against South Africa for personal reasons.
Bravo was named in the 15-man squad last week by the West Indies Cricket Board, which gave the players until Tuesday to sign their contracts for the three Tests against the Proteas.
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Glamorgan all-rounder Jim Allenby has been released from his contract to join Somerset, with Craig Meschede heading in the opposite direction.
Meschede leaves Somerset to replace Allenby at the SWALEC Stadium on a season-long loan deal.
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Glamorgan all-rounder Jim Allenby has been released from his contract to join Somerset, with Craig Meschede heading in the opposite direction.
Meschede leaves Somerset to replace Allenby at the SWALEC Stadium on a season-long loan deal.
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Northamptonshire captain Alex Wakely has signed a contract committing him to the county for two more seasons.
The middle-order batsman missed the whole of last season with an Achilles injury, and in his absence Northants were relegated to Division Two of the County Championship.
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Warwickshire all-rounder Ateeq Javid has signed a three-year extension to his contract, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2017 season.
Javid, 23, is a product of the club’s academy, having joined the club at the Under 10s level.
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England all-rounder Luke Wright has signed a three-year extension to his contract with Sussex which keeps him at Hove until 2018.
Wright, 29, has already been awarded a benefit year in 2015 following a fine season in county cricket.
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Talks are progressing between the West Indies Cricket Board and their Indian counterparts after cutting short their tour last month, the WICB has announced.
An internal contractual dispute led to the West Indies squad leaving India midway through their tour despite having three Tests, a fifth ODI and one Twenty20 match scheduled.
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Spinner James Tredwell will remain with Kent beyond the end of the 2015 season.
The 32-year-old’s contract was due to expire at the end of next summer but he has now signed an extension to remain at Canterbury.
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