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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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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Former Leicestershire allrounder Andrew McDonald has been named as the county’s new head coach in a play to turn their fortunes around.
McDonald represented the county in the 2010 and 2011 seasons, and became a company favourite after playing a starring part inside their Friends Life T20 victory three years past.
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Worcestershire procured their fifth promotion in 12 seasons in the trunk of a spectacular all round performance by Jack Shantry against Surrey at New Road.
Shantry, the 26-year old Shropshire-created left-arm seamer and left handed batsman, attained the rare feat of 10 wickets along with a century in a match as Worcestershire squirmed out of close-hopeless scenarios twice in one day, to snatch a 27-run win against Surrey.
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