Ben Slater signs contract extension at Nottinghamshire

The 29-year-old scored 425 runs at an average of 60.71 in this year's Bob Willis Trophy

Nottinghamshire batsman Ben Slater has extended his contract at the club and will now remain at Trent Bridge until at least the end of 2023.

The 29-year-old scored 425 runs at an average of 60.71 in this year's Bob Willis Trophy. As a result, he was named the club’s player of the year.

Slater scored 197 runs in a two-match spell at Leicestershire before averaging 76 in the last three matches of the season.

“We were lucky to be out there last season, providing some entertainment in these weird and unprecedented times,” said Slater 

“It was an all-too-short period of cricket that we got to play, but it’s one I’ll look back on fondly because of the way things went for me on the field, and the type of cricket we started to play as a team. 

“I’ve got a winter of hard work ahead of me to cement that spot at the top of the order, then it’s a case of getting back to scoring as many runs as I can and hopefully winning matches with Nottinghamshire.”

_{Ben Slater was named Nottinghamshire's player of the year for 2020}

Since arriving at Nottinghamshire at the back end of the 2018 season, Slater has gone on to score 1,178 first-class runs in 21 matches, with three centuries and as many fifties.

Nottinghamshire head coach Peter Moores added: “It was great to see Ben take his opportunity last season both for Leicestershire on loan and then more importantly when he got back to us.

“He worked extremely hard last winter on several aspects of his game and it was very exciting to see it all come together during the season. 

“His game is going from strength to strength and the coming season will provide him with another great opportunity to build on his successes of last year.”

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