Former Brighouse and Saltaire seam bowler Tim Linley has signed a new deal with Surrey that will keep him at the Kia Oval for the next two years.

Linley, 28, has been with the club since 2008, impressing in both first and second XI games.

He earned the deal after a breakthrough season in 2010 where he took 20 wickets in first-team cricket and 23 for the second team.

This was despite a freak foot injury that struck him down for a large part of the season, suffered immediately after he had recorded superb figures of 4-13 as he ripped through the Derbyshire middle-order at Chesterfield.

The stability granted by the two-year contract will enable Linley to continue to develop the range and consistency of his deliveries as he seeks to fully establish himself as a first-team regular, competing alongside young talent such as Stuart Meaker, Matthew Dunn and the returning Chris Jordan.

Linley said: “Signing on for two years at Surrey is the culmination of a huge amount of hard work and is a very rewarding feeling.

"Surrey are a massive club moving in the right direction and I am very excited to be a part of it for the next two seasons.”

Surrey's professional cricket manager Chris Adams added: “I can’t think of many that have worked harder to get a deal and make a professional career than Tim Linley. He absolutely deserves everything he receives.

“Often the part you don’t see as a supporter or a member is what a player brings into a dressing room and Tim is a fantastic team man, is good to have around and brings a great deal to the squad.”

Linley is currently playing club cricket in Melbourne.