Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir is set to join up with Essex again for a spell in the forthcoming domestic Twenty20 Blast competition, the English county announced Friday. The 26-year-old left-arm quick helped Essex win the first-class County Championship in 2017 during a stint that saw him take career-best figures of 10 for 72 against Yorkshire at Scarborough. Amir will be available for eight games in this year’s Blast, including Essex’s opener against Middlesex at Lord’s on July 18. “I’m very excited to return to Chelmsford and re-join my Essex team-mates,” Amir told the county’s website. But he returned to international cricket in 2016 and has now played 36 Tests, 49 one-day internationals and 42 Twenty20s.

Source: Hindustan Times February 09, 2019 03:11 UTC