ONE-DAY captain Jim Allenby is among three players who are on their way out of the Cooper Associates County Ground.

The 34-year-old and Michael Leask are to leave at the end of the season, while 20-year-old wicketkeeper Ryan Davies has been released due to personal reasons.

Leask featured five times in this year's T20 Blast but has struggled to hold down a place in the side while Davies, who was a regular in his first season at the club last year, has struggled for first team action this time around due to the arrival of his namesake Steve.

Allenby, who all but told the BBC earlier this season that he was not going to stay at the club beyond the end of the season, has spent three seasons at Somerset having joined ahead of the 2015 campaign.

He has captained the limited overs side for the past two seasons, reaching three knockout stages in the four tournaments he has led the side in, but has not quite had the impact with the bat that supporters were expecting when he arrived from Glamorgan.

The Perth-born batsman scored just one century across his three seasons at the club, which came in the One-Day Cup victory against his former side in Cardiff earlier this summer, and struggled with the bat in First Class cricket, averaging 24 in his 32 matches against the red ball.

He fared better in one-day cricket, scoring 939 runs at an average of 42.68, and his medium-pacers often proved miserly in all formats, but despite his positive leadership he will be playing his cricket elsewhere next season and Somerset will be looking for a new white ball skipper.

Davies was thrown in at the deep end last season aged just 19 and struggled initially, but the former Kent man battled through and improved as the campaign progressed, ending with 380 Championship runs.

The highlight of the wicketkeeper's time at Somerset was his innings of 86 against Lancashire at Old Trafford as he and Peter Trego put on 236 for the eighth wicket, which remains a club record.

This season he has played just twice and couldn't take his limited opportunities, falling for a duck against Hampshire and not getting a chance to bat against Gloucestershire - both in the Royal London One-Day Cup.

The emergence of Tom Banton combined with the fact Davies was not given a first-team chance despite Steve Davies' lack of form meant the writing was on the wall for the youngster, who will now look to fulfil his undoubted potential elsewhere.

Scotland international Leask, who joined ahead of the 2016 season, was only handed a first-team chance in the T20 Blast and mustered 54 runs in eight innings, often coming in at unforgiving times with a need to hit out or get out.

Though he showed glimpses of his talent, including a remarkable piece of fielding in the recent quarter-final defeat at Trent Bridge, Leask did not show enough with bat or ball to nail down his spot in the side.

Reacting to Allenby's departure, Somerset CEO Lee Cooper said: “During his time with the Club Jim has proved himself to be a valuable cricketer and he has captained the team admirably.

"On behalf of everyone associated with the Club I would like to thank Jim for his efforts and wish him well for the future.”