County cricket: Will Beer, Callum Jackson and Steffan Piolet sign new Sussex deals

Sussex academy products Will Beer, Callum Jackson and Steffan Piolet have all signed new one-year contracts with the county.

Spinner Beer has largely specialised in one-day cricket for Sussex, taking 13 wickets in the Sharks’ T20 Blast campaign, and also making key contributions in the Royal London One-Day Cup with bat and ball.

"Sussex is the club I have played for since I was 10 years old," said the 26-year-old. "I love playing for this club and everything it stands for.

“As a personal ambition, after such a good year in white-ball cricket, I’d like to push to seal my place in all three formats, and hopefully push towards winning matches and trophies for Sussex in 2015.”

Steffan and Will have both become very consistent and valued one-day players and thoroughly deserve their extensions.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Jackson had to be content with a starring role in the county's second XI last season, finishing as the team's second highest run scorer with 653 runs at an average of more than 40.

The 20-year-old made his first-class debut in 2013 against Australia and played for the first team in all three formats.

Successes

“I’m looking forward to building on the successes I had in the second team last year and I hope to challenge for a first-team spot, even as solely a batsman if the need arises," he said.

“I’m proud to continue as a Sussex player and to be part of the squad, which looks very exciting for the 2015 season.”

All-rounder Piolet returned to his home county from Warwickshire at the end of the 2013 and impressed in all formats of the game for Sussex last season.

"It was great to get some County Championship action last year, which was the reason I signed," said Piolet.

“Going forward, the squad is looking very strong and I’m convinced we've a huge chance of getting silverware in 2015.”

Sussex professional cricket manager Mark Robinson added: “Steffan and Will have both become very consistent and valued one-day players and thoroughly deserve their extensions.

"We also are very aware of their ambitions to play in all formats and we are looking to keep developing them so they can start to really impact in all formats in the future.

“Callum had an encouraging first year as a full-time professional and we look forward to him making further strides and starting to push hard for a first-team spot.”