English County Re-Signs Faheem Ashraf for 2020 Season

England’s domestic side Northamptonshire County Cricket Club (NCCC) has resigned Faheem Ashraf for its 2020 campaign.

The all-rounder will be available for all formats of the county season till the conclusion of the 2020 edition of the 20-over competition.

Announcing the news, the county’s website wrote:

Pakistan international Faheem Ashraf will return to Northamptonshire for the opening half of the 2020 season. The allrounder featured for the Steelbacks in the 2019 Vitality Blast, finishing the club’s joint-leading wicket-taker with 11 scalps at an average of 19.

Northamptonshire also shared the news on its Twitter account.

.@iFaheemAshraf is coming back! 💪🙌

The Pakistan all-rounder is set to return to Northamptonshire for both red and white ball cricket in 2020.

Full details 👉 https://t.co/G4fztvdiML pic.twitter.com/0rUFKboByF

— Northamptonshire CCC (@NorthantsCCC) September 30, 2019

Speaking about Faheem’s importance in the team, head coach of Northamptonshire said:

The fact he’s got the extra pace is key, we’ve got a very fine group of seam bowlers that got us into Division 1 and that’s not going to change. But when it’s a bit flatter and it’s the last 2 days of the game and that little bit of nip has gone out of the wicket, someone with a bit of pace and swing and bowling yorkers then I can see him being a genuine threat when the wickets are flatter.

Skipper of the team, Adam Rossington claimed that Faheem is a great addition to the squad especially because he can also contribute handsomely with the bat as well.

I think he’s definitely a genuine allrounder, he’s a very good batsman and though we didn’t get to see him bat too many times in the T20 we know he’ll slot in well. He’s very skillful and offers something a little bit different to the bowlers we’ve got. It does tend to be a bit more bowler-friendly here than in Pakistan, particularly with the Dukes ball so hopefully early season there’ll be a bit in the wickets for him.