Procter opts for Northants space
Lancashire’s allrounder had a 365 days left on his contract but he’s leaving Frail Trafford searching for customary Championship cricket
Luke Procter has signed a three-365 days address Northamptonshire following a successful mortgage duration on the live of ultimate season.
Procter joins from Lancashire the attach apart he has spent the entirety of his profession having graduated from Lancashire’s Academy.
He topped the batting averages for Lancashire when they claimed the title in 2011, the season after making the main of his 66 top notch appearances for the membership.
When he enjoyed the most prolific season of his profession in 2016, scoring 822 runs with a profession-supreme 137 against Hampshire, he had hopes that he had at final received an everyday Championship space, but they did no longer materialise under the contemporary coach Glen Chapple.
He shone for Northants with 82 and 94 in the County’s final Championship match against Leicestershire at Grace Avenue – one which resulted in disappointment when they received the match but narrowly didn’t in discovering promotion. He leaves with a 365 days left on his Lancashire contract.
Procter said: “I’m in point of fact inflamed to accept as true with the replace to play for a membership esteem Northamptonshire. They in point of fact impressed me on the live of ultimate season whilst I was once on mortgage and the boys accept as true with made me feel in point of fact welcome and segment of the crew.”
Northamptonshire’s head coach, David Ripley, added: “We in fact wanted to signal a batter that may perchance perchance per chance bat time and design partnerships in purple ball cricket. Luke showed in his time with us on the live of the season that he can enact that job, averaging 58 and making three fifties.
“I am contented he’s joining us, he may perchance perchance per chance accept as true with stayed in the squad at Lancs but he’s hungry to play more cricket and is willing to switch to salvage the replace. He is a more than handy fourth seamer too and his arrival will in point of fact sharpen the opponents in the squad for initiating areas.”