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BBC News
10-07-2025
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Wicketkeeper Cullen signs new Pears deal
Wicketkeeper Henry Cullen has signed a new two-year contract with new deal will keep the 22-year-old academy graduate at New Road until at least Cullen is yet to play first-class cricket for the Pears but has featured in four List A and two T20 Blast 50-over appearances all came in 2022, with his second T20 game coming in the six-wicket win over Northants four days ago, playing as a specialist batter."I love playing my cricket here at Worcestershire, I feel like I am very much still at the start of my journey and I am really happy I can continue to grow here," Cullen said."I want to kick-on and show my skills at the highest level. I know with the coaches and lads around me, I have the best environment to do that."Cullen is the fourth Worcestershire player to agree a new contract this year after bowling all-rounders Matthew Waite and Ethan Brookes and left-arm seamer Ben Gibbon.
BBC News
17-06-2025
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Paceman Gibbon signs new Worcestershire contract
Left-arm fast bowler Ben Gibbon has signed a new two-year contract with 25-year-old former National Counties seamer has been at New Road since the start of the 2022 agreed a three-year deal in March 2023 but will now stay with the Pears until at least the end of the 2027 has taken 49 wickets in 20 first-class matches for Worcestershire, and 13 in nine List A games, but has yet to feature in the first team this season. "I am absolutely delighted to be staying on at Worcestershire, this club has become home for me over the last couple of years," Gibbon said."I am really keen to develop my skillset, and ultimately, get into a position to challenge for trophies with this team."Despite Gibbons' limited first-team chances, head coach Alan Richardson said he had "shown his potential every time he has been called upon"."He possesses some great qualities which provide our bowling attack with something slightly different," he added."His height and his left-arm nature make him a real threat to batters at the crease."Gibbon is the second Worcestershire player to sign a new deal recently after all-rounder Ethan Brookes agreed a three-year contract on 11 seamer Khurram Shahzad, meanwhile, will join the club early next month for the rest of the season.
