Northamptonshire announced that Ben Phillips will end his four year association with the club at the end of this season. The club have responded to his request to be released from his contract for 2007 due to personal and family reasons.

David Capel, the coach, said: ‘I have thoroughly enjoyed working with Ben; he has been a delight to work with and will be missed from the team’

Phillips added: ‘I would like to thank the club and supporters for the last four years, I have had a tremendous time here and would like to express my gratitude to everyone for their continued support of me.

"It is fair to say that my family have never settled here and I have decided that they must come first and so therefore I have had to make a change to my career plans."