Ajmal set for Worcestershire
http://paki-cric.blogspot.com/2011/01/ajmal-set-for-worcestershire.html
Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal is to join Worcestershire for the second half of the 2011 season.
Ajmal, who has played nine Tests for Pakistan and taken 33 wickets, will sign for the country subject to receiving a no objection certificate from the Pakistan Cricket Board and work permit approval.
Steve Rhodes, Worcestershire's director of cricket, said: "We're absolutely delighted to welcome Saeed to the club. He's a bowler of international stature and as a spinner with good variation he will be a crucial weapon during the latter part of the season, when the wickets notoriously begin to turn."
Ajmal said: "Worcestershire has a special standing in Pakistan due to its association with Imran Khan, and I am proud to be able to represent the same club as the great Imran.
"I am confident that with the help of Steve Rhodes and the boys at the club, I will settle in and give my all for the club in search of honours in 2011."
Ajmal, a member of Pakistan's 2009 World Twenty20 winning side, becomes Worcestershire's second overseas signing of the week after the county announced that Victoria all-rounder Damien Wright would join them for the early part of the 2011 campaign.
Earn upto Rs. 9,000 pm checking Emails. Join now!
Ajmal, who has played nine Tests for Pakistan and taken 33 wickets, will sign for the country subject to receiving a no objection certificate from the Pakistan Cricket Board and work permit approval.
Steve Rhodes, Worcestershire's director of cricket, said: "We're absolutely delighted to welcome Saeed to the club. He's a bowler of international stature and as a spinner with good variation he will be a crucial weapon during the latter part of the season, when the wickets notoriously begin to turn."Ajmal said: "Worcestershire has a special standing in Pakistan due to its association with Imran Khan, and I am proud to be able to represent the same club as the great Imran.
"I am confident that with the help of Steve Rhodes and the boys at the club, I will settle in and give my all for the club in search of honours in 2011."
Ajmal, a member of Pakistan's 2009 World Twenty20 winning side, becomes Worcestershire's second overseas signing of the week after the county announced that Victoria all-rounder Damien Wright would join them for the early part of the 2011 campaign.
Earn upto Rs. 9,000 pm checking Emails. Join now!