Charlie Thurston signs new Northamptonshire contract

The new contract will now see him remain at the County Ground in Northampton until at least the end of the 2022 season

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Northamptonshire batsman Charlie Thurston has signed a new two-year deal with the club.

The new contract will now see him remain at the County Ground in Northampton until at least the end of the 2022 season.

“I’m delighted to have signed for another two years, I really enjoy playing my cricket at the club, there’s a great atmosphere within the group and we’ve got a really talented bunch of players,” Thurston said.

Thurston, 24, was the club's highest run-scorer in the Bob Willis Trophy - racking up more than 350 runs at an average off 44.

“I’m massively grateful to Rips [David Ripley] and the coaching staff for giving me the opportunity this year to play in the Bob Willis Trophy and I think that theme of picking young players and giving them a chance to shine has really helped my cause.

“Deep down I always knew I had it in me to score a decent number of runs at first class level, but it’s just a combination of opportunity and hard work really,” Thurston said.

With his contract now extended with Northamptonshire, Thurston has ambitions of breaking back into the Steelbacks set-up having not been involved with their 2020 Vitality Blast campaign.

“I still definitely see myself as a white-ball cricketer as much as a red-ball cricketer, it’s been a bit disappointing to not feature in the Blast but I’ve just got to keep working hard on my game,” Thurston explained.

"If I put the hard work in over winter then hopefully next year I can get the opportunities that I got this year in red-ball and show I can get big scores, game changing and game winning scores in white-ball too.”

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