Kent likely to sign Mohammad Ashraful for 2012 Friends Life T20 tournament – Cricket News Update
Low ranked English county, Kent, is expected to sign former Bangladesh captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Ashraful-c76740, for this year’s Friends Life t20 tournament.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 batsman.
"We're aware that he's available and that he's in close proximity," Adams said during an interview with BBC Radio Kent.
"A lot of issues to do with T20 are still under discussion, that being one of them. We haven't made a decision," the Kent coach added further.
The 27-year-old middle-order batsman from Dhaka, who has had a poor run of form in international cricket lately, which saw the former Bangladesh skipper not only being dropped from the Asia Cup squad earlier this year but also costed him a central contract
with the Bangladesh Cricket Board.
Despite struggling for form at the international level, the hard-hitting right-hander has fared well in the domestic Twenty20 tournaments. Playing for Dhaka Gladiators in the inaugural Bangladesh Premier League earlier this year, Ashraful played key role,
helping the side lift the trophy.
Currently the middle-order batsman is in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, playing for table topping Blackheath in the Kent League. Last week the belligerent batsman scored a century in a match against Bromley.
"There are always financial considerations to take into mind but at this point, we know he's here, we know what he's capable of and it's an ongoing discussion," said the kent coach, Jimmy Adams.
The 27-year-old Bangladesh batsman, if signs a deal with the Kent county, will join West Indies' http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lawrence-c72288 Ground.
There are still two weeks to go in the 2012 Flt20, and Adams feels that both the club as well as the player have enough time to reach a decision.
"In terms of logistics, you have about three or four days before you kick off because of the paperwork that has to go through the ECB [England and Wales Cricket Board]," said the Kent coach.
Ashraful has so far played 51 T20 games scoring 876 runs. His part-time right-arm off-spin has also fetched him 28 T20 wickets.
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