Finlay Bean leaves Yorkshire early to join Northamptonshire

Yorkshire have agreed an early release for top-order batter Finlay Bean, allowing him to join Northamptonshire on a three-year contract.

Bean, who can also keep wicket, signed an extension with Yorkshire in March that would have kept him at Headingley until the end of the 2028 season. He lost his place in the County Championship XI during the first block of games after scoring one hundred and averaging 25.22.

He averages 33.53 in first-class cricket and established himself at the top of the order for Yorkshire in 2023, when he scored 983 runs at 46.80. His white-ball record is more modest, with one List A hundred in 27 innings, and he is yet to play a senior T20.

Northamptonshire head coach Darren Lehmann said Bean had 'been on our radar for a while' and was pleased to secure him on a long-term deal. Yorkshire general manager of cricket Gavin Hamilton said the club respected Bean's ambition to pursue regular first-team cricket.

Bean said he was 'extremely delighted' to join Northamptonshire and looked forward to working under Lehmann and the coaching staff.