It will see the 26-year-old remain at Wantage Road until at least 2010 and the bowler, who was snapped up from Worcestershire when kepler Wessels was director of crickt.

Wigley said: "I am really pleased to be staying in Northampton. I am enjoying my cricket and I believe we are going places with the current group of players. After Stephen Peters, David Sales and Rob White signed, it helped me make my decision to commit to the club.

"Personally I am bowling as well as I have for years and at the end of this new contract I will only be 28 with my best years still to come."

Chief Executive Mark Tagg said: "It is great for the club that David is staying at the club for the next two seasons.

"He is the sort of player who lifts the spirits of the changing room and his bowling has continued to improve to the point where he is now a regular 1st team contributor and hopefully this will continue."

Wigley is currently enjoying one of his best seasons in the professional game after the first half of the season produced 22 first-class wickets at an average of 28.