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Phillip Hughes will spend the entire 2012 season at Worcestershire after extending his contract with the county. Hughes, the 23-year-old Australia opener who was dropped from the Test team after a disappointing series against New Zealand, had originally agreed to join Worcestershire in June but has now agreed to arrive in the UK at the start of April.

Somerset have signed former West Indies captain Chris Gayle for this year's Friends Life t20 campaign.

Gayle had been in talks with Middlesex but the county decided to pursue their interest in an overseas fast bowler instead.

Derbyshire have confirmed the return of Usman Khawaja, the Australia batsman, as their overseas player for the second half of the 2012 season. Khawaja will join up with the county in mid-June for the Friends Life t20, taking over from Martin Guptill - who is also back for a second stint - when he leaves for New Zealand's tour of the West Indies.

Dirk Nannes, the Australia fast bowler, will return to Surrey for their Friends Life t20 campaign this season. Nannes, who is the leading wicket-taker in Twenty20 cricket, will join Murali Kartik as the overseas players at The Oval.

Somerset are lining up Ricky Ponting, the former Australia captain, as their overseas player for the second half of the 2012 season.

brod wrote:Somerset are lining up Ricky Ponting, the former Australia captain, as their overseas player for the second half of the 2012 season.

Ponting has ruled out a county stint. Looking to a Tasmanian preseason.

Media Park wrote:

brod wrote:Somerset are lining up Ricky Ponting, the former Australia captain, as their overseas player for the second half of the 2012 season.

Ponting has ruled out a county stint. Looking to a Tasmanian preseason.

If he plans to be part of the next Ashes series i would have thought a stint in county cricket would have done him a world of good.

Northamptonshire have signed Australia batsman Cameron White as a second overseas player for the Friends Life t20 competition.

brod wrote:Northamptonshire have signed Australia batsman Cameron White as a second overseas player for the Friends Life t20 competition.

Cleary they didnt see our big bash

carey wrote:

brod wrote:Northamptonshire have signed Australia batsman Cameron White as a second overseas player for the Friends Life t20 competition.

Cleary they didnt see our big bash

Fair call...he was embarassing to himself during that

It would have sounded like an April Fool to the cricketers of yesteryear, but it is a fact: Sam Robson, Middlesex's Australian-born batsman, has made the earliest first-class hundred ever witnessed in the UK - and he did it before March was out.

Robson struck a century on the opening day of the match between Middlesex and Durham MCCU at Merchant Taylor's School in Northwood as counties revelled in balmy early-Spring weather.

Durham have signed Mitchell Johnson, the Australia fast bowler, as their second overseas player for the 2012 Friends Life t20 competition.

Steve Magoffin has signed for Sussex as an overseas player for the early part of the 2012 season.

Is it just me, or is Maxy Klinger hitting 120 for Worcs more exciting than the IPL?

Whats the IPL ?

About as %ing as the Big Bash with their F**Ked up franchise teams.

jackpot jim wrote:Whats the IPL ?

About as %ing as the Big Bash with their F**Ked up franchise teams.

Amen Jackpot Jim!

Steve Magoffin, the tall fast bowler who last month played a crucial all-round role in Queensland's Sheffield Shield Final win over Tasmania at the Gabba, made an instant impact for Sussex with a debut seven-for to seal a notable ten-wicket win over the defending champions, Lancashire, inside three days.

Yorkshire are close to a deal with Mitchell Starc, Australia's up-and-coming fast bowler, as their coach, Jason Gillespie acts to strengthen the club's pace bowling resources after an indifferent start to their Division Two campaign.

This was a day for Yorkshire pride. Well, it was if you dug deep enough. Phil Jaques, English qualified now because of a Sheffield father, began his second stint with an assertive century.

Worcestershire's Auastralian Michael Klinger struck an undefeated 69 to make light of a previously treacherous Oval pitch where all 22 players had batted the previous day.