Surrey cancel Shadab Khan's contract after T20 Blast postponement

[Abdullah719]

21-year-old Khan has already amassed significant international experience since his Pakistan debut in 2017 having played 35 T20Is and 43 ODIs, including nine wickets in seven matches at this year’s ICC Cricket World Cup.

He was vice-captain of semi-finalists Islamabad United in this year’s Pakistan Super League and has appeared in both the Big Bash League and Caribbean Premier League. In his 94 T20 matches to date since his professional debut in 2016, he has taken 113 wickets with an economy rate of just 6.79.

Speaking after signing his contract, an excited Shadab Khan said: “I’ve been waiting for this opportunity to play county cricket for a long time and T20 cricket at The Kia Oval is a great place to start.

“I’m honoured to be following in the footsteps of some great Pakistan cricketers and will do my best to make both my new team and the Surrey fans proud.”

Director of Cricket Alec Stewart added: “Shadab is one of the most exciting spin bowlers in world cricket and we look forward to seeing him perform for Surrey next year.”

https://www.kiaoval.com/main-news/shadab-khan-joins-surrey-for-blast/

 

[SensiblePakFan]

He needs it, wont be easy bowling on belters with small boundaries.

 

[Danyaalr01]

Why aren't Pakistanis trying to get county contracts for red ball, or is it colliding with our international schedule?

 

[MenInG]

Doing well in Nat T20 final at the moment, 2 big wickets.

 

[Officer Barbrady]

This is strange. He’s playing the 100 as well as the blast? He should have been restricted to one tournament for the summer

 

[BoomBoomCricket]

Surrey cancel Shadab Khan and D'Arcy Short contracts after T20 Blast postponement

Surrey have cancelled the contracts of overseas players Shadab Khan and D'Arcy Short following the postponement of the 2020 T20 Blast competition.

Pakistan leg-spinner Shadab, 21, and Australia batsman Short, 29, signed in October at the end of the 2019 season.

The county said that, with no cricket to be played in England until July, it was mutually agreed to cancel their contracts.

Director of cricket Alec Stewart said: "This is the most sensible decision."

He continued: "I would like to thank both Shadab and D'Arcy and their management companies for their understanding of the current situation and the impact these testing times are having on our game."

Short replaced Aaron Finch as Surrey's overseas batsman and hit 483 runs in 12 innings for Durham in the competition last year.

He was also signed for £125,000 by Trent Rockets for this year's The Hundred competition prior to its postponement until 2021 earlier this week.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/52500430

 

[FreePalestine]

I am not a big fan of spinners playing in foreign leagues tbh, especially in England. Those guys are very smart about this and they will pick his brain about all his variations. He is not very smart anyway and will reveal everything. He will be half as effective in intl cricket.