Northants sign seam duo

Lee Daggett played just two LV County Championship matches this season

Northamptonshire have strengthened their seam attack ahead of the 2009 season with the signings of Lee Daggett and Ryan Cummins.

Daggett, 26, joins from Warwickshire on a two-year contract, while 24-year-old Cummins has signed a one-year deal after being released by Leicestershire.

“They will add strength and variety to our seam bowling options in all formats of the game," head coach David Capel told the Northants website.

“Both players have a good work ethic, have demonstrated that they have the ability to take wickets at first-class level and are keen to move their careers forward with us.”

Daggett, who has taken 53 first-class wickets at 36 apiece, made his debut for Warwickshire in 2006, but found opportunities increasingly hard to come by thereafter and appeared in only two LV County Championship games this year.

Cummins boasts a career record of 49 wickets at an average of 44. He also played just two championship matches in 2008.