Olly Hannon-Dalby will stay at Warwickshire County Cricket Membership till the top of the 2029 season after signing a three-year extension at Edgbaston Stadium.
The fitting-arm seamer will keep at Warwickshire by way of to his seventeenth season after he joined from Yorkshire in 2013.
Hannon-Dalby, who started the 2026 marketing campaign on mortgage at Worcestershire, was recalled to the Bears lineup initially of Might, making an instantaneous impression on his return by taking seven wickets within the match because the Bears beat Yorkshire by 377 runs within the Rothesay County Championship.
Within the subsequent recreation, the 6ft 8in Yorkshireman took 5 for 53 within the first innings, retaining Warwickshire firmly within the contest towards Glamorgan.
Reminiscences
Hannon-Dalby went previous 600 profession wickets earlier this season, and he’s delighted that he’ll have the chance to make extra reminiscences with Warwickshire within the coming years.
“In case you’d have stated to me that I’d find yourself staying right here for 15 or 16 years, I’d have completely bitten your hand off,” he stated.
“I used to be in all probability very near leaving the sport. Nobody actually fancied taking a punt on me, however the guys right here – Graeme Welch, Dougie Brown, Jim Troughton – took a little bit of a big gamble on me.
“To nonetheless be right here 13 years later is completely good and to have had some success alongside the way in which too, each personally after which as a group. I’ve been very fortunate to have been a part of some nice groups and hopefully within the subsequent few years we’ve obtained some extra silverware to return.”
Hannon-Dalby has been an important a part of Warwickshire’s success in all codecs since becoming a member of the Membership.
In 2014, Hannon-Dalby helped to carry the primary Vitality Blast title to the Bears, taking three for 31 towards Lancashire within the last. In 2016, he was a part of the Warwickshire facet that gained the One Day Cup, and in 2021 he took 24 wickets within the County Championship because the Bears triumphed within the competitors for the primary time in 9 years.
Unbelievable
Warwickshire County Cricket Membership Head Coach, Ian Westwood, stated: “It’s implausible news for everybody concerned that Olly has dedicated his future to us for the following three years.
“He’s been an essential participant in our squad for a very long time now and continues to push himself to get higher yr on yr.
“It’s essential to recognise not solely what he brings on the sphere, but additionally the impression he has off it. He’s a extremely revered determine inside the dressing room and somebody our supporters have constructed an actual reference to over time.
“He’s been excellent for us this season, and it’s an actual constructive for the Membership that he’ll be right here for the following three years.”
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