Banks hails from Anguilla and was a Kolpak player at Somerset

Somerset have released former West Indies international Omari Banks following a two-year spell at Taunton.

The 27-year-old all-rounder played just six Championship games last season, scoring one half-century and taking seven wickets.

Somerset director of cricket Brian Rose praised Banks' application but said: "He hasn't had the performances to justify another contract."

Meanwhile, leg-spinner Mike Munday has signed a new one-year deal.

Banks, who joined Somerset as a Kolpak player two years ago, was suspended for 12 days by the England and Wales Cricket Board earlier this season for ball tampering in a Second XI match.

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