County Championship Division Two 2018: Preview

8) Northamptonshire

The favourites for the Championship have strengthened their red-ball game by being consistently dominant in the shorter formats. The club have improved their side by signing Ben Hutton and Luke Procter.

Kiwi all-rounder Doug Bracewell will cover for Rory Kleinveldt until mid-May. Ben Duckett, who hasn't had a good time with the England Lions, is recovering from a finger injury and will miss the first few games.

While David Sales was named the batting coach, David Ripley is the head coach of Northants.

In: Doug Bracewell, Rory Kleinveldt, Seekkuge Prasanna, Brett Hutton, Luke Procter, Ricardo Vasconcelos

Out: David Murphy, Azharullah