Sussex have signed South African seamer Keith Dudgeon on a two-year contract. Dudgeon, 30, took 42 wickets in Kent’s promotion-winning County Championship Division Two campaign in 2026. “He is just the quality of player and person we have been looking for to help us to continue to grow and compete in Division One of the
Leicestershire have signed wicketkeeper Josh Blake from Surrey on a two-year deal. The 28-year-old spent four years on the books at Surrey as a professional, a club he first joined at the age of nine and later worked at as a community coach for four years as he tried to earn his first contract. He
Essex all-rounder Eva Gray has signed for Hampshire on a two-year deal. The 26 year-old won The Hundred with London Spirit in 2024 and was Essex’s leading wicket-taker in the 2026 Vitality Blast with 17. She has played 53 times for Essex over the past two seasons, taking 63 wickets and scoring 239 runs across
Adrian Harms, BBC Radio Sussex’s cricket reporter Paul Farbrace took a season to assess the weaknesses in the Sussex squad when he took the reins in 20023. His assessment was stark, Sussex had forgotten how to win, and despite an array of young developing talent, they needed, in his words, ‘some gnarled old pros’ to
Middlesex have signed wicketkeeper Harry Duke from Yorkshire on a deal until the end of 2028. The 25-year-old has already spent time with Middlesex this season, initially joining on loan in May as an injury replacement for Joe Cracknell. He returned later in the season for the remainder of the campaign. Duke now makes the
Gloucestershire have signed Nottinghamshire seamer James Hayes on a permanent deal. The 25-year-old moves after having two loan spells over the course of this year and has agreed a two-year deal. He took six wickets in four T20 Blast appearances in his first loan in July before returning in August for the remainder of the
