Umar Akmal signs for Sydney Sixers – Cricket News Update
The reigning Big Bash Champions, Sydney Sixers, have signed exciting Pakistani batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Akmal-c94595 as their second overseas import for the first half of the upcoming second season.
Akmal, who has played 40 T20 Internationals for his national team, will play the first three matches of the team’s campaign, including a mouth-watering opener against cross-town rivals Sydney Thunder, which have swashbuckling Pakistani all-rounder Shahid
Afridi on their roster.
Sixers had already signed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Philip-Narine-c91869 as the first overseas recruit but the West Indies’ spin-wizard will not take part in the franchise’s opening match at the SCG on December 8.
Akmal, the younger brother of Men In Green’s controversial keeper Kamran, has become a mainstay for his national side in the limited-overs format since making his debut as a 19-year-old. Apart from his international T20 experience, the player has further
featured in 72 T20 games in the domestic circuit, averaging a healthy 30.01. This will be his first taste of playing in a major T20 league, and the player is excited about the prospect of showcasing his batting prowess for the Down Under giants.
"I jumped at the opportunity to be a part of the Big Bash League when the Sixers approached me," Akmal said."I'm looking forward to spending December in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 and will be aiming to assist them to go back to back and win the tournament again."
In addition to his signing, the Sixers have further recruited http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DA-Warner-c1301 gets engaged with his national
team duties this summer.
It has been a highly eventful 12-month period for the franchise, which after becoming the inaugural Big Bash Champions went onto claim the recently concluded Champions League T20 by defeating http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 in the final.
The Sixers boast plenty of firepower in their ranks, which includes skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Josh-Reginald-Hazlewood-c69504. They have one more Australian slot to fill before the second season
commences. Also an announcement over who will replace Umar Akmal for the second half of the campaign is likely to be made in the coming days.
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