Gloucestershire have released James Averis after 10 years with the club. Born in Bristol, Averis made his one-day debut in 1994 and his first class debut in 1997. He was capped and named Gloucestershire’s Player of the Year in 2001.

He played in every one-day game of Gloucestershire’s treble-winning season of 2000 and took a memorable 4 for 23 in the C&G Final against Worcestershire in 2004.

He is currently studying for a Law degree and hopes to secure employment in that field.