County Cricket Round-Up - 27th October

27 October 2011

Could Paul Nixon be returning to Kent in 2012?

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Glamorgan seam bowler Mike Reed has signed a one-year development contract with the club.

Peter Burgoyne has signed a two-year deal with Derbyshire. More

Gloucestershire captain Alex Gidman has said that he hopes to sign an experienced seam bowler to replace the departed Jon Lewis before the start of the 2012 season.

Hampshire all-rounder Liam Dawson has returned home from his stint in Zimbabwe, saying that he “couldn’t get to grips with the lifestyle out there.”

It is understood that Paul Nixon has been asked to apply for the vacant head coach’s job at Kent.

Paul Stirling has signed a three-year contract extension with Middlesex, meaning that he will remain at Lord’s until the end of the 2014 season.

Middlesex have also secured the services of Loughborough University student Ollie Wilkin on a two-year summer contract.

Paul Franks has signed a two-year contract extension with Nottinghamshire.

Somerset leg-spinner Max Waller has embarked on a five-month trip to South Africa which will see him play for club side Rondebosch on the Western Cape.

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County Cricketers Abroad Part III

With many of England's county cricketers now heading home from their off-season destinations in time for Christmas, we take our monthly look at how they have been performing for their franchises or states so far in the 2011-12 season.

Pietersen To Stay With Surrey Indefinitely

England batsman Kevin Pietersen has extended his contract with Surrey until the end of his international career. Pietersen, who first signed for the club on a one-year deal in 2011 following a loan spell in 2010, will play for the Brown Caps until he no longer has an ECB Central Contract.

Woakes Extends Bears Contract

Warwickshire and England seam-bowler Chris Woakes has signed a new two-year deal with the county which will see him remain with the club until at least the end of the 2014 season.

Ben Harmison Signs Kent Deal

Kent have signed former Durham all-rounder Ben Harmsion on a contract of undisclosed length ahead of the 2012 season.

Tomlinson And Rossington Extend County Contracts

Middlesex wicket-keeper Adam Rossington and Hampshire seam bowler James Tomlinson have both signed contract extensions with their respective counties. Rossington, an 18 year-old who has represented England’s Under-19 side, has extended his existing contract by one year to the end of 2013, while Tomlinson has also signed until the end of the 2013 season.

Philander Signs For Somerset

Somerset have tentatively announced that they have secured the services of South African all-rounder Vernon Philander as their overseas player for the first two months of the 2012 season. Philander's availability is dependent on him not being selected to play in the Indian Premier League.