{"id":192460,"date":"2025-06-17T19:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T19:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/192460\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T19:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T19:28:10","slug":"jordan-thompson-warwickshire-sign-yorkshire-all-rounder-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/192460\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Thompson: Warwickshire sign Yorkshire all-rounder for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said the decision to leave Headingley was &#8220;really tough&#8221; but Warwickshire&#8217;s &#8220;clear vision&#8221; and &#8220;the opportunity to play alongside a number of familiar faces&#8221; made the move &#8220;truly exciting&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Thompson has just returned from a side strain but took 15 wickets and scored 178 runs in five County Championship matches before getting injured. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Jordan is a three-dimensional, multi-format player who will be a great addition to our squad both on and off the field. He&#8217;s a quality performer who I believe still has his best days in front of him,&#8221; Bears first-team coach Ian Westwood<a href=\"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/news\/thompson-signs-for-the-bears\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> said., external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;He&#8217;s known for his competitiveness and thrives on being involved in big moments on the field. We can&#8217;t wait to welcome him to the Bears.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Thompson&#8217;s signing comes two days after Warwickshire announced spinner Danny Briggs would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/articles\/ce82820qm4do\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">re-joining Sussex from next season.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He said the decision to leave Headingley was &#8220;really tough&#8221; but Warwickshire&#8217;s &#8220;clear vision&#8221; and &#8220;the opportunity to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[1406,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-192460","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114700360694917449","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}