Middlesex to release young trio at end of season

Seamers Max Harris and Toby Greatwood took 23 wickets between them, having played in both white-ball competitions, while Daniel O'Driscoll is yet to make his first-team debut

Middlesex are releasing seamers Toby Greatwood and Max Harris at the end of the season, the club has confirmed.

The pair, both 21, came through the county's academy and signed deals in 2021, both of which were then extended until the end of the current campaign.

Greatwood played 10 times for Middlesex across the T20 Blast and the Royal London Cup, picking up 10 wickets, while Harris claimed 13 wickets in eight games.

"It is always tough releasing players from their contracts, and even more so when they are committed young men who have grown up with the club," said Alan Coleman, Middlesex's director of cricket.

^{Max Harris has taken 13 wickets in eight matches for Middlesex (Alex Pantling/Getty Images)}

"We have to continue to make these decisions however as we look to continue to improve our playing squad."

He praised them – and 19-year-old wicketkeeper Daniel O'Driscoll, who is also leaving the club, having not yet played for the first team – for representing the club with pride" and acting as "model professionals" during their time with the county.

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