Northants duo sign new contracts

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Northants duo sign new contracts
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Northamptonshire-c824 on Tuesday that will keep them at the county next season.
Both players have broken into the first team after coming from the county's academy system. They have signed two-year deals that will prevent any other cricket county from poaching them until at least 2012.
Wakely said: "I feel my game has moved in the right direction this year. The side is well balanced with a mix of youth and experience. I've enjoyed every minute of it so far and long may that continue."
This is very important news for the county because they have managed to secure the futures of two of the best young players at the club. Both have already played first team cricket for Northants and are good enough to continue.
Solid players
Despite their ages both Wakely and Murphy appear to be very solid players at the county. Wakely is a classy batsman that can play in any position around the top of the order.
It's important the county do not mess with his position too much because the only way he will score runs and make big centuries is if the side allows him to settle in a certain role. His game is developing and the county have already said they will work on getting Wakely bigger over the winter.
Murphy has played in the side as a talented wicketkeeper. He is one of the young players playing in England that the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783 has tipped to go on and play at international level.
Murphy added: "I feel I've contributed well to the team cause and I just want to continue to improve."
Betting advice
Wakely is the much better player to back. He will have a much better chance of making big hundreds in the Northants team so don't hesitate to back him to do so. Murphy will be restricted to having a good impact as wicketkeeper and will have to work on his batting before you can back him to get big batting scores.