Mohammad Abbas changes Hampshire for Nottinghamshire in a six -game agreement


Mohammad Abbas, Pakistan’s sailor, has changed Hampshire for Nottinghamshire, where he will be available for six games in the next Rothesay County Championship.

Abbas, who has claimed 758 first -class wickts in an average of 20.66, will begin his period in May, after the conclusion of the spell of a month of Fergus O’Neill with the side. Then he will return to the club in September for the final stages of the County Championship season.

Abbas joins her marine partner O’Neill and Kyle Verreynne in South Africa in terms of agreement as a player abroad for the next Red Ball campaign, with Conor McKer (three -year contract) and Daniel Sams (Blast) also They joined the club before. The new season.

It originally agreed to join Nottinghamshire for the 2020 season, before the COVID-19 pandemic reduced its period. Subsequently, Hampshire starred, claiming 180 Wickts on 19.07 in four summers, with successive seasons of 50 Wickt in 2022 and 2023.

In a statement, Hampshire explained that they had released Abbas due to the need to “rebalance her team”, with the retirement of James Vince from the first class Cricket, which means they are exploring options for a batter abroad.

“Mohammad has been consistently one of the best artists of the County Championship and has produced his best time for Hampshire again and again,” said Giles White, male director of Crickt. “His character will be surprised in the locker room and in the countryside, and everyone in the club wishes him the best in his career.

Abbas’s first class shape earned him a memory on the side of the Pakistan test against South Africa this winter. In total, Abbas has 101 international wickts in 30 games in all formats, while its national history also includes 79 WICKETS for Leinteseshire between 2018 and 2019.

“Trent Bridge is a special place to play Crickt, so it will be great to call the house of the ground this summer, especially after not being able to come and play for Notts five years ago,” said Abbas.

“I have really enjoyed my time in the English game, and Notts’s team is in an exciting place. There is a good combination of young talents and senior players who have been present for a while and know their game really well, and I am looking forward to contributing anyway that can for your success. “

Nottinghamshire chief coach Peter Moores said: “The experience players and the MO trail do not appear so often, so we are really excited about what it can bring us this summer.

“His control and his ability to find a way to put wickts on any type of surface make it extremely valuable; it has certainly been a difficult opponent for us to face over the years.

“We already have an exciting group of bowling players at our disposal for the summer, and the addition of crafts and the subtlety of MO will add a different style of bowling to the rest of our attack.”

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