LEICESTERSHIRE fast bowler David Masters has agreed a three-year deal with Essex up until the end of the 2010 season.The 29-year-old began his first-class career with Kent in 2000 before joining Leicestershire for the 2003 season.

LEICESTERSHIRE fast bowler David Masters has agreed a three-year deal with Essex up until the end of the 2010 season.

The 29-year-old began his first-class career with Kent in 2000 before joining Leicestershire for the 2003 season.

Masters has taken 229 first-class wickets at an average of 31.71 as well as claiming 71 one-day wickets and 30 Twenty20 Cup victims.