Nottinghamshire sign Ajmal Shahzad on three-year contract – Cricket News Update
Seamer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-Shahzad-c874 has signed a three-year contract with Nottinghamshire, with the English County club looking to use him as an opening bowler and a number 8 batsman in place of Darren Pattinson in next season’s County Championship.
“... we see him [Ajmal] as a major signing for all forms of the game,” said Nottinghamshire's director of cricket, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Darren-Pattinson-c1321 as well as opening
the bowling for us in four-day cricket and providing useful runs from the number eight position.
“He's had some experience of international cricket and we'd like to see him get back to that level through some impressive performances for Notts,” Newell added.
The 27-year-old has been drafted into the squad as a replacement for Darren Pattinson, who has made a return to Australian cricket, and will be available only as an overseas player from now on. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nottinghamshire-c826 had also initially expressed interest in Glamorgan’s
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Middlesex-c817.
Nottinghamshire’s latest addition, Shahzad, expressed excitement regarding the move, claiming that as a seam bowler he was looking forward to bowling at Trent Bridge, and would use his time with the County club to further his career.
“Hopefully playing alongside so many England players and performing well for Notts will put me back in the limelight,” he said.
Shahzad burst onto the scene in 2004, as the first British-born Asian to play for Yorkshire, making his debut in a list A match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Worcestershire-c866 at Leeds in May. However, issues arose early in the 2012 season, and Ajmal was released by the club, with
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yorkshire-c867 chairman Colin Graves claiming the right-armer had displayed unacceptable reluctance when it came to adhering to team discipline, and lacked team spirit.
He went on to join http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lancashire-c806 on loan in May this year, and although he was offered a more permanent deal with the club, opted for Nottinghamshire in the end.
In addition to granting him the opportunity to make a fresh start and play Division One cricket, the move to Notts may also help Shahzad, who has played one Test, 11 ODIs, and 3 T20Is for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, revive his international career.
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