Sammy King signs one-year contract with Nottinghamshire

The 19-year-old has made one first-team appearance for Nottinghamshire, scoring 11 runs in the Royal London Cup against Glamorgan in 2021

Sammy King has signed a one-year contract with Nottinghamshire.

The 19-year-old middle-order batter has made one first-team appearance for the club, scoring 11 runs in the Royal London Cup against Glamorgan in 2021.

In 2022, he impressed for the 2nd XI, scoring 629 runs at 34.94 (two centuries, one half-century) and taking four wickets in 12 Championship appearances. He added a further 38 runs in the 2nd XI T20 competition.

Commenting on his new contract, the academy product said: "I have really enjoyed the experience of being a professional over the last year, particularly having grown up at the club and spent so much time here through my teens.

^{Head coach Peter Moores praised King's contributions in the second team [Gareth Copley/Getty Images]}

"At times it was actually a bit surreal learning from those who I have spent such a long time watching. I am grateful for the support I receive here. And I feel like I'm growing as a person and a player, becoming more comfortable with my own game and at the level I am playing.

"To be staying for a further year is pleasing because I feel like there is so much that I can achieve in the game, and during the next 12 months I can really look to demonstrate that."

Head coach, Peter Moores, added: "Sammy is certainly a talent with bat and ball, and someone who has moved his game forward a lot since being around the first-team squad.

"Scoring two hundreds this season in the 2nd XI feels like a significant breakthrough with the bat and the challenge now will be to progress his bowling at a similar rate. His talent and attitude have never been in question and it is his ability to often deliver when the team needs it most that excites everyone.

"This winter will be an opportunity to keep that progression going and to start to find the consistency needed to start to really push for a first team place."