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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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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Sir Ian Botham is tipping Kumar Sangakkara to maintain his brilliant form for Sri Lanka against England in Tuesday’s final one-day international in Colombo.
The Sri Lanka batsman, who is due to retire after the World Cup, signed off in his final ODI on his home ground at Pallekele on Saturday with a match-winning century to seal the series against England.
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Sir Ian Botham is tipping Kumar Sangakkara to maintain his brilliant form for Sri Lanka against England in Tuesday’s final one-day international in Colombo.
The Sri Lanka batsman, who is due to retire after the World Cup, signed off in his final ODI on his home ground at Pallekele on Saturday with a match-winning century to seal the series against England.
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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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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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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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Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has encouraged Alastair Cook to step down as captain of the one day side carrying out a humbling eight-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka.
Pietersen, 34, was lost in the squad from the England and Wales Cricket board in February and later released an autobiography claiming the England dressing room were beset with a bullying culture.
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Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has encouraged Alastair Cook to step down as captain of the one day side carrying out a humbling eight-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka.
Pietersen, 34, was lost in the squad from the England and Wales Cricket board in February and later released an autobiography claiming the England dressing room were beset with a bullying culture.
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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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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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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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Sky Sports News HQ’s Tim Abraham absorbs the sights and sounds of Sri Lanka as England’s intensive tour gets off to a wet beginning…
England’s cricketers had just about got away with until now!
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Glamorgan have signed South Africa batsman Colin Ingram on a three-year deal under the Kolpak ruling.
Ingram, whose deal is subject to clearance from Cricket South Africa, has played 31 one-day internationals for his country, although the last of those was more than a year ago against Pakistan in Dubai.
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Kevin Pietersen has offered his services as a coach for schools in the UK after a significant drop in cricket participation was revealed.
A National Playing Survey conducted by the England and Wales Cricket Board showed that total playing numbers for over-14s had decreased by seven per cent in 2014, falling from 908,000 the previous year to 844,000.
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The England and Wales Cricket Board will act quickly to try and rectify a significant decrease in the number of people playing cricket recreationally.
A series of initiatives are being put in place to promote participation and address the seven per cent drop off in the number of people playing for a team last year.
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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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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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