The Essex allrounder Ryan ten Doeschate has signed a new two-year contract to keep him at the club until the end of the 2008 season.
Ten Doeschate, 26, notched his maiden hundred in 2006 .. an unbeaten 102 against Glamorgan .. in what was a successful season for him with bat and ball.
..I..m very pleased to have signed a new contract with Essex,. he told the club..s website. ..I..ve known for a while that I was going to get it but to finally sign it is a very happy day for me.
..I only played in the one-day side in 2005, which, at the time, I was really happy about. But my aim at the start of the season was to get into the four-day side and I did manage eight Championship appearances. I would have liked to have played a bit more but, without being greedy, this was still a good year to follow my breakthrough season..