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.
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.
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.
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.
All of the latest from the county circuit, including news of Derbyshire's overseas player for the first part of 2012.
All of the latest county cricket news in our latest County Cricket Round-Up.
Jason Gillespie has been chosen to lead a revamped coaching structure at Yorkshire. Others appointed are Ian Dews, Paul Farbrace and Richard Damms.
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.
A new contract for Mahmood, plus news from Sussex, Yorkshire and Gloucestershire among others in our regular County Cricket Round-Up.
News from Sussex, Warwickshire, Durham, Yorkshire and Somerset in today's County Cricket Round-Up.
News of contract extensions for Stephen Peters and Lee Daggett plus county news from Kent and Yorkshire in today's County Cricket Round-Up.
News from Surrey, Yorkshire, Northamptonshire and more in today's County Cricket Round-Up.
Middlesex, Durham and Kent are the clubs making the news in today's 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.
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.
News of a contract extension for Monty Panesar and more in today's County Round-Up.
We take a look at the latest county cricket news in our regular County Cricket Round-Up feature.
David Wainwright has joined Derbyshire on a two-year contract after activating a release clause in his Yorkshire contract earlier this month. He was originally meant to join Derbyshire on loan during the 2011 season but was recalled by Yorkshire before he could make his Falcons debut.
On a tumultuous day of departures for Kent, we round up that and the rest of the day's County Cricket news.
We round up the latest county news from the past couple of days in our regular County Cricket Round-Up feature.