After Babar Azam, two Pakistani cricketers, Shaheen Afridi and Imad Wasim have also signed T20 Blast deals with Hampshire and Nottinghamshire respectively.
After the conclusion of Pakistan’s tour of England, a total of three players have confirmed their availability for the remaining fixtures of the domestic T20 event. Babar has already represented Somerset while Shaheen made his debut for Hampshire in a losing cause on Thursday night.
An early look upstairs from a fired up @iShaheenAfridi… 👀🚀@surreycricket 6-0 (1 over)
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— Hampshire Cricket (@hantscricket) September 3, 2020
The 20-year-old gave away 30 runs in his 3 overs against Surrey in a rain-curtailed clash. Having made only 77/5 in their 11 overs, Hampshire bowlers failed to defend the score as Hashim Amla and Will Jacks guided their team to victory with ease.
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Imad Wasim is likely to feature for Nottinghamshire tonight against Leicestershire at Trent Bridge. The all-rounder represented Nottinghamshire in last year’s T20 Blast campaign as well.
Babar’s next match is against Birmingham Bears tonight at 10:30 pm PST while Hampshire will face Sussex on 10th September at Southampton.
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Here are the standings:
Central Group
| TEAM | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE |
5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1.22 |
| 2
GLOUCESTERSHIRE |
4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1.231 |
| 3
SOMERSET |
4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.731 |
| 4
GLAMORGAN |
5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -0.394 |
| 5
WARWICKSHIRE |
4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -1.648 |
| 6
WORCESTERSHIRE |
4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1.509 |
North Group
| TEAM | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE |
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1.351 |
| 2
LANCASHIRE |
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0.775 |
| 3
LEICESTERSHIRE |
4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1.5 |
| 4
YORKSHIRE |
4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2.242 |
| 5
DERBYSHIRE |
4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2.575 |
| 6
DURHAM |
4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1.615 |
South Group
| TEAM | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1
KENT |
4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0.275 |
| 2
SUSSEX |
4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.177 |
| 3
MIDDLESEX |
4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.034 |
| 4
SURREY |
4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -0.159 |
| 5
HAMPSHIRE |
4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -0.091 |
| 6
ESSEX |
4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -0.221 |
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