Dan Moriarty among five players to leave Yorkshire CCC
DAN MORIARTY leads a list of five players who will be leaving Yorkshire at the end of the season.
The 27-year-old left-arm spinner is departing along with batsmen Yash Vagadia and Noah Kelly, batting all-rounder Jawad Akhtar and pace bowler Alex Wade.
Moriarty joined from Surrey in 2023 following an initial loan spell.
He took 31 wickets in 16 County Championship appearances for Yorkshire, with a best of 5-139 on debut against Gloucestershire at Headingley.
Moriarty took 24 wickets in 26 T20 matches and 15 wickets in as many one-day appearances.
He had been competing for opportunities alongside fellow frontline spinners Dom Bess and Jafer Chohan.
Vagadia, Kelly, Akhtar and Wade all progressed through the Yorkshire pathway system but found first-team opportunities hard to come by. Vagadia, 22, made two appearances in the One-Day Cup in 2024.
Kelly, 20, made one appearance that summer in the same competition, while neither Akhtar, 20, nor Wade, 19, represented the first XI.
Gavin Hamilton, Yorkshire’s general manager of cricket, said it was a difficult decision to let the players go.
“Releasing players at the end of their contracts is never an easy decision to make, nor are the conversations that come with it,” he said.
“Jawad, Noah, Dan, Yash and Alex have all had a significant impact both on and off the pitch, and we are grateful for their commitment to the club. Everyone associated with Yorkshire cricket wishes all five players the very best for the future.”