Friday 19 September 2014 21:29, UK
Leicestershire batsman Matthew Boyce and fast bowler Ollie Freckingham have agreed new contracts with the club.
Boyce has signed a one-year extension which keeps him at Grace Road until at least the end of next season and Freckingham has signed a similar extension which keeps him at the club until the end of 2016.
Boyce captained Leicestershire second XI to an unprecedented treble in 2014, with the team winning the T20 competition, the Trophy and the Championship.
Freckingham made a huge breakthrough last season and was named the club’s bowler of the year, but this season was wrecked by illness and injuries. He made just three appearances in the County Championship.
Neil Pinner, the former Worcestershire batsman, has been awarded a contract after impressive displays for the seconds earlier this summer.
And Academy all-rounder Zak Chappell has also been given a professional contract.
The news is a much-needed boost for Leicestershire, who earlier this week confirmed that skipper Josh Cobb is leaving to join Northants.
The Foxes have also lost fast bowler Nathan Buck to Lancashire and promising all-rounder Shiv Thakor to Derbyshire.
Boyce, Freckingham, Pinner and Chappell join Angus Robson, Jigar Naik, Rob Taylor, Ben Raine, Tom Wells, James Sykes, Atif Sheikh, Lewis Hill and Rob Sayer in agreeing new contracts.
