Kent have signed former Durham all-rounder Ben Harmsion on a contract of undisclosed length ahead of the 2012 season.
Plus the rest of the day's county news including new contracts for Mike Dunn and Zafar Ansari.
Zimbabwe's domestic Twenty 20 competition, the Stanbic Bank T20, came to its conclusion at the weekend with the Mountaineers franchise ending up as the overall victors and Somerset all-rounder Peter Trego was named as Player of the Tournament.
Also, Glen Chapple has been reappointed as Lancashire captain for 2012.
Plus all the rest of the day's county news including news of Kent's coaching shortlist.
The county season will get underway earlier than ever in 2012, with the traditional Champion County curtain-raiser scheduled to begin on 27th March in Abu Dhabi, and the first of the university fixtures set to kick off on 31st March.
Former ECB chairman David Morgan handed his long-awaited report on the "business of domestic cricket" to the ECB at its board meeting at Lord's today. Morgan was tasked with conducting an extensive review of the county game earlier this year and has canvassed for opinions widely over the summer.
News from Kent, Leicestershire, Lancashire and Somerset in today's County Cricket Round-Up.
Welcome to the second part of Cricket World's look at how county cricketers are faring for their chosen franchises, states or provinces this winter.
News from Warwickshire, Kent, Surrey and more in today's County Cricket Round-Up.
Warwickshire have secured the services of New Zealand off-spinner Jeetan Patel as their overseas player for the duration of the 2012 season subject to visa clearance from the Home Office.
News from Sussex, Warwickshire, Durham, Yorkshire and Somerset in today's County Cricket Round-Up.
Will Smith has agreed a new two-year deal with Durham, just over a year after losing the captaincy and his place in the team.
The 29 year-old said of the news, "I've enjoyed this season a lot. I've felt comfortable in the middle and what's just as important to me as scoring the runs is knowing that I've played some important innings, which have helped us win games. I'm delighted to be staying with Durham for another two years.
News of contract extensions for David Masters and Will Smith in today's County Cricket Round-Up.
Academy graduate Mark Wood has signed a two-year contract with Durham that will see him remain at the club until the end of the 2013 season.
The 21 year-old, who has been a member of Durham's prolific Academy since 2007, said of the announcement, "I've been a part of the Durham set up for a few years now and it feels great to be making that next step up to the professional squad."
Middlesex, Durham and Kent are the clubs making the news in today's County Cricket Round-Up.
News from Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire and more in our latest County Cricket Round-Up.
Following the high-profile defection of Joe Denly to Middlesex and Leicestershire's predicted loss of James Taylor to either Nottinghamshire or Warwickshire, we examine whether more needs to be done to reward counties who produce talented young players.
Durham have announced that they have extended the contracts of Graham Onions and Ruel Brathwaite to the end of the 2015 and 2013 seasons respectively.
Onions took 50 wickets at 27 apiece in first-class cricket last season after returning from a career-threatening injury and said of his new contract, "After missing last season due to injury I am delighted with the way this season has gone. I have had an amazing amount of support from my team mates and the backroom staff at Durham."
Kent have been busy on the contract front over the past few days. We round up that and the rest of the county news in today's County Cricket Round-Up.
On a tumultuous day of departures for Kent, we round up that and the rest of the day's County Cricket news.
Old Trafford and Trent Bridge will both host Ashes Tests in 2013 having missed out during the 2009 series after the ECB completed allocating major matches for the 2013-2016 period.
Old Trafford, Trent Bridge, Edgbaston and the SWALEC Stadium in Cardiff were awarded gold packages, The Kia Oval and The Durham Emirates International Cricket Ground silver packages while The Rose Bowl - England's newest Test venue - was given the bronze package.
In spite of the 2011 season being barely finished and far from forgotten, the ECB have announced the draw for the 2012 Clydesdale Bank 40 competition.
The Netherlands, Scotland and Unicorns are allocated to group A, B and C respectively with the rest of the places decided by a free draw.
Lancashire won their first Championship title in 77 years by beating Somerset in the final session at Taunton. Somerset were bowled out for 310 in their second innings, meaning that Lancashire needed just 211 to win, which they knocked off for the loss of only two wickets.
Warwickshire's hopes had ended just after tea on the final day of their match against a relegated Hampshire at The Rose Bowl after they could only take four Royals wickets all day thanks to centuries from Michael Carberry and Neil McKenzie.
On the penultimate day of action in the LV= County Championship, Surrey cemented their promotion to Division One at the expense of Hampshire; Northamptonshire completed victory over Gloucestershire; and Middlesex went a step closer to being crowned Division Two champions following an excellent day against Leicestershire.
Of the title challengers, Durham were eliminated from the race by events at The Rose Bowl; while Warwickshire emerged as slight favourites in what is now a two-way battle with Lancashire. We round up the day's events below.
