Worcestershire director of cricket Steve Rhodes believes new overseas signing Pakistan all rounder Sohail Tanvir is the ideal replacement for Saeed Ajmal.
The Royals have landed the left-armer for the duration of the Friends Life t20 campaign after Pakistan spinner Ajmal was forced to pull out of a deal with Worcestershire because of international commitments.
Tanvir recently featured in the MiWAY T20 Challenge, where he helped the Highveld Lions to reach the final of South Africa’s equivalent of the 20 over competition.
The 27 year old also captains the Rawalpindi Rams in Pakistan’s domestic Twenty20 Cup and his bowling figures of 6-14 for Rajasthan Royals in the inaugural IPL tournament remain the best return for the competition.
Tanvir’s top t20 score with the bat is 60 off 44 balls, which came against the Lahore Lions in his home competition in 2011.
Rhodes said he was delighted to secure a deal for Tanvir who was recently named in the 16 man squad to represent Pakistan in their upcoming two match Twenty20 series in Sri Lanka.
Director of Cricket, Steve Rhodes, said: “Sohail is an ideal replacement for Saeed Ajmal because Saeed was a tremendous bowler at the death and this is the type of role we want Sohail to play. Added to his bowling skills, he also has the ability to hit the ball hard which is an obvious asset at the end of o
