Nottinghamshire have signed South Africa Test star Vernon Philander and Australia’s Ben Hilfenhaus as their overseas players for the 2015 season.
Philander, 29, a key component of South Africa’s feared pace attack, has previous county experience with Kent, Middlesex and Somerset.
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Jacques Rudolph will captain Glamorgan in all formats of the game after he was announced as club captain.
South African Rudolph, who joined Glamorgan in September 2013, takes on the captain’s responsibilities after an impressive run of form in the 2014 season.
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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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Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara is interested in joining Surrey next season.
The 37-year-old is set to retire from one-day internationals after this February’s World Cup, although he has indicated he intends to carry on playing Test cricket.
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Somerset and England wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter will probably miss the 2015 season after suffering a setback in his recovery from a critical eye injury.
Somerset said that Kieswetter, who had been recently named in England’s provisional 30-man squad for the World Cup that begins in February, has “fought to recover perfect eyesight”.
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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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County winners Yorkshire will start the defence of the title at New Road against encouraged Worcestershire to the opening day of the 2015 season.
The new effort begins on Sunday, April 12, with eight matches over both divisions. Division Two winners Hampshire host Sussex in Southampton while Somerset take on Durham in Taunton and 2014 runnersup Nottinghamshire journey to Lord’s to confront Middlesex.
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Jon Lewis continues to be named bowling trainer of Sussex after declaring his retirement in the playing positions.
The former England seamer joined Sussex from Surrey before the 2014 effort but harm restricted his looks on the 2nd half the season and he’s made a decision to create a move to the training positions.
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Derbyshire all-rounder Jon Clare expects to be back early in the 2015 season after undergoing back surgery.
Clare missed nearly all of the 2014 effort with lower back trouble, playing just once with what turned out to be a issue related to a youth injury.
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Seamer Lewis Hatchett has signed a fresh two-year deal with Sussex.
The left-armer, 24, made his debut for the county in 2010 and played in eight of their LV= County Championship matches last season, taking 22 wickets.
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Security standards for helmets in county cricket are set to be greater than ever next season but players’ leader Angus Porter has warned the threat to batsmen WOn’t ever be entirely removed.
The cricket world was left shocked by the sickening injuries endured by South Australia batsman Phil Hughes in a Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales, but security never slid down the program at organisations like the Professional Cricketers’ Association.
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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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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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