Pakistan red-ball skipper Shan Masood speaks at a press convention on this picture launched on October 6, 2024. — Fb/@PakistanCricketBoard
LEICESTER: Pakistan check staff captain Shan Masood is about to make his Leicestershire Foxes debut on this 12 months’s T20 Blast as they host Derbyshire Falcons of their opening match of the event at Upton Metal Floor in Leicester.
The southpaw who was repeating Karachi Kings within the just lately concluded Pakistan Tremendous League has joined the Foxes squad earlier this week and has been practising laborious within the nets forward of the Foxes’ opening conflict towards his previous membership Derbyshire.
Louis Kimber, the captain of Leicestershire, is tremendous excited to welcome the skilled fellow to the squad.
“Shan landed on Monday. It’s been great welcoming him into the group, he’s already fitted in really well. You can see his class and his skill set in the nets just watching him bat”, stated Louis Kimber.
Masood, now 35, has been an everyday within the County Championship and T20 Blast lately and is about to symbolize Leicestershire County Cricket Membership throughout all three codecs this 12 months.
He loved a spectacular debut season with Derbyshire in 2022, scoring 1,832 runs throughout 28 matches, which helped earn him a recall to the Pakistan nationwide squad.
He subsequently joined Yorkshire in 2023 for the subsequent two seasons, the place he led the staff again to Division One final 12 months. He ended up scoring 720 runs in 2023, adopted by 520 runs in 2024.
Of their opening conflict within the T20 Blast, Leicestershire received’t be capable to have the companies of key gamers Rehan Ahmed and Josh Hull of their squad as each have been named in England Lion’s squad towards India-A for the 2 unofficial check match sequence. Of their absence, skipper Kimber is banking closely on Shan’s expertise and talent set.
“It’s gonna be great to kind of learn off him, and watch him go about his business and hopefully, score some runs for Leicestershire. There could be a lot of batting together with him”.
“Really excited to get going on Friday. We just finished our last training day. So, all the lads and I are aiming to go. There’s a great positive vibe within the camp at the moment”, Louis added additional.
Shan Masood has featured in 42 check matches for Pakistan, scoring 2,380 runs, which incorporates 6 centuries and 11 half-centuries. He’s additionally performed 9 One Day Intentionals and 19 T20Is for Pakistan. In November 2023, Shan Masood was named captain of the Pakistan males’s check staff for 2 years. With no Take a look at matches scheduled for Pakistan within the subsequent few months, he’s anticipated to stick with Leicestershire until the top of the county season.
