Batter Bean joins Northants from Yorkshire

Finlay Bean holds up his bat and helmet after scoring a double century for Yorkshire

Northamptonshire have signed wicketkeeper-batter Finlay Bean on a three-year deal from Yorkshire.

The 24-year-old scored 2,649 runs across 48 first-class matches for the White Rose, where he came through as an academy player.

He also scored 517 runs for the county across 30 List A matches.

While Bean featured in the One-Day Cup for Yorkshire in the latter stages of of last season, he saw out his red ball campaign in the second XI after last featuring in the County Championship in May.

Northamptonshire head coach Darren Lehmann said Bean was a player that had been on the Division Two club's "radar for a while".

"I'm really pleased to secure him on a long-term deal where he'll hopefully develop and become a brilliant asset to the team," Lehmann told the club website.

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