{"id":780994,"date":"2026-09-24T11:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T11:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/780994\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T11:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T11:10:09","slug":"worcestershire-wicketkeeper-henry-cullen-signs-new-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/780994\/","title":{"rendered":"Worcestershire wicketkeeper Henry Cullen signs new deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wicketkeeper Henry Cullen has signed a new three-year contract with Worcestershire.<\/p>\n

The deal will see the 23-year-old – a product of the Pears’ academy – remain at New Road until at least 2029.<\/p>\n

Cullen made his competitive debut in 2022 and has made 38 appearances for the club across all formats, including in last year’s One-Day Cup final triumph when he scored the winning runs.<\/a><\/p>\n

“I love playing my part within the dressing room and a big factor in my decision has been the ability to contribute that little bit more over the last two years where I feel I am improving.” he told the club’s website., external<\/a><\/p>\n

Cullen has scored four List A half-centuries and hit a career best 64 against Northamptonshire in the County Championship earlier this month.<\/a><\/p>\n

“Henry is a superb young cricketer, who has a lot of potential as both a batter and a wicketkeeper,” said Worcestershire chief executive Ashley Giles.<\/p>\n

“We are always looking to build for the future, and Henry is part of that longer-term vision and someone who we see playing a key role across all formats.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Worcestershire have signed Australian seam bowler Sam Greer,, external<\/a> 24, on a two-year contract after impressing for the second XI this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wicketkeeper Henry Cullen has signed a new three-year contract with Worcestershire. The deal will see the 23-year-old –…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":780995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-780994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=780994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}