Somerset batter Will Smeed has signed a revised deal that will see him available for County Championship cricket once again in 2025.
The 23-year-old, who initially stepped back from red-ball cricket in 2022, penned a white-ball-only contract extension last summer until the end of 2026, but this updated agreement will now see him eligible for the longer form, too.
Smeed is yet to make his first-class debut but played three Second XI County Championship matches at the end of last year, hitting two half-centuries in five innings.
Will Smeed became the first player to score a century in The Hundred, doing so for Birmingham Phoenix against Southern Brave in 2022
He said: “I want to be a part of that team and contribute to some wins. I’m desperate to play more cricket than I did last summer.
“I picked up an injury and it felt like I hadn’t really played any cricket. I played a few Second XI red-ball games and really enjoyed it. That’s when I started to think that this would be a good option.
“Watching how the team went about things in the Championship last year was great and some of the wins were absolutely insane. It would be crazy to not want to be a part of that team.”
Smeed, a key part of the Somerset team that won the 2023 Vitality Blast, has played 64 T20 matches for the Taunton club, scoring 1,669 runs with 12 half centuries and a best of 98 against Surrey in 2022.
In the same year, he became the first batter to score century in The Hundred, for Birmingham Phoenix against Southern Brave.
Smeed has featured in 105 T20 matches across his whole career, including stints in the SA20 and Pakistan Super League, and one 50-over fixture for England Lions against South Africa in July 2022.
