Danny Briggs: Warwickshire spinner signs new two-year Bears contract

Warwickshire left-arm spinner Danny Briggs has signed a new two-year contract at Edgbaston.

The 32-year-old ex-Hampshire and Sussex player, has extended his deal to at least the end of the 2025 season.

Briggs, who has made seven T20 and one ODI appearances for England, is the leading wicket taker in English T20 cricket with 219 scalps.

He took 14 T20 wickets last summer - to take his Bears tally to 122 in all competitions since signing from Sussex.

"England's leading T20 wicket taker is a nice tag to carry around," Briggs said.

"If you consider how many quality players have played T20 cricket in this country over the years, I'm very proud be in that position."

Briggs, who won the T20 Blast twice with Hampshire at Southampton in 2010 and Cardiff in 2012, also won the Men's Hundred at Lord's last summer with the Oval Invincibles, taking the key wicket of Jos Buttler in the final.

He was part of the Bears' 2021 County Championship winning team, but the closest he has come to winning a knockout trophy at Edgbaston was losing to Worcestershire with Sussex in the 2018 T20 final.

"I've been lucky enough to win the Blast twice," he said. "But to be able to get to Finals Day here, in front of our own fans, would be very special for everyone. "

Briggs has taken 710 career wickets and hit 3,394 runs across all formats of the game.