Vikram Banerjee, Kadeer Ali and Steve Adshead have all signed extended contracts with Gloucestershire.
Adshead replace Jack Russell as wicketkeeper and has been a dependable member of the squad, while Kadeer Ali is beginning to settle into the first-class game.
Vikram Banerjee is a highly rated left-arm spinner who has been involved in the ECB's spin bowling programme.
Andrew Gale, the Yorkshire top-order batsman, has signed a new three-year deal with the club. He has had limited first-team chances, but with counties allowed just one overseas player next year is hopeful of more opportunities.
"Hopefully next year I can get a bit more exposure in the County Championship," he said. "With our overseas player being a bowler there is a place up for grabs in the middle order, so I am determined to come back to pre-season fighting fit and full of runs and ready for selection. I know I can fill that spot and do well."
November 11, 2007
Harris on Young Sports Personality shortlist
Posted on 11/11/2007 in Glamorgan
Glamorgan's James Harris is on the shortlist for the BBC's Young Sports Personality of the Year .. but the BBC isn't tipping any of the senior England side for the main prize.
Harris, the fast bowler, is on the ten-player shortlist for the junior award to be announced on 9 December, but no cricketer rates a mention in the long-list of 17 athletes the BBC believe are the favourites for the senior title. This is a far cry from two years ago, when Andrew Flintoff won the title, and even last year Monty Panesar was in the top ten.
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November 10, 2007
Mustard and Coetzer extend Durham contracts
Posted on 11/10/2007 in Durham
Phil Mustard and Kyle Coetzer have signed one-year contract extensions with Durham. Mustard, the England keeper-batsman, will stay with Durham until 2010. The batsman Coetzer was Durham's Young Player of the Year.
Durham 's head coach Geoff Cook, said: "I'm delighted that Phil and Kyle have extended their contracts with us. They have both been involved with the Club from a young age and it's great to have them with us as we continue to move forward."
The club's chief executive David Harker added: ..Kyle and Phil have definitely benefited from the set-up here and we look forward to continuing to support their development."
November 2, 2007
Westfield signs two-year contract
Posted on 11/02/2007 in Essex
Essex fast bowler Mervyn Westfield has signed a new two-year contract up to the end of the 2009 season.
Westfield, 19, is continuing his rehabilitation after missing much of the 2007 campaign following surgery on a lumbar spine stress fracture.
Despite his injury, Westfield has been selected in the ECB Skills Set for fast bowlers at the National Cricket Centre in Loughborough over the winter.
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November 1, 2007
Schofield gears up for winter
Posted on 11/01/2007 in Surrey
A fantastic summer for Chris Schofield culminated in selection for England's ICC World Twenty20 campaign and more recently a place on the ECB Academy. He told Surrey TV what he is expecting to achieve this winter.