In recent years, the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) has worked with first-class counties to establish guidelines around the high-risk, low-paid work environment faced by second XI investigators. Before 2021, clubs were not required to pay testers when they turned up. Previously, the opportunity and hope that came from a match at that level were considered
Leicestershire have signed batsman Sheridon Gumbs on a three-and-a-half-year deal after impressing during a one-month deal with the East Midlands side. The 22-year-old former England Under-19 international spent 18 months with the Foxes’ second XI before being given a one-month contract and promoted to make his County Championship debut in June. Gumbs, who came through
