Taylor Cornall signs Worcestershire contract extension

The former Lancashire batter has impressed for the second XI in 2022

Worcestershire opener Taylor Cornall has signed a one-year contract extension to keep him at New Road until the end of the 2023 season.

The 23-year-old originally committed to a one-year deal at the end of last summer after impressing during trials with the second XI.

Cornall made two Royal London Cup appearances for former club Lancashire in 2021, scoring 30 runs. He also made two first-class appearances for Leeds-Bradford MCCU in 2019.

The young batter is yet to make his first-team debut for Worcestershire but has continued to perform well for the second XI, scoring 196 runs, including two half-centuries, in seven T20 appearances and a further 363 runs at 72.60 in three Championship outings.

^{Cornall made two appearances for Lancashire last season before being picked up by Worcestershire [Jan Kruger/Getty Images]}

Commenting on Cornall’s extension, Paul Pridgeon, Worcestershire’s steering group chairman, said: "We have extended Taylor Cornall’s contract for another 12 months.

"He applied himself well in adapting to his first full winter as a professional cricketer and has scored a shed full of runs for the seconds this summer.

"Like Ben Gibbon, Taylor has come into the pro game through a less conventional way than the academy route, but both have taken their chance.

"Ben has played a couple of Championship games already and did well when picked for the County Select X1 against New Zealand, and Taylor is doing all he can to knock on the door of the first team."