Sandeep Lamichhane has 125 wickets in 96 T20s.© Instagram
The exceptional globe-trotting profession of Nepal’s Sandeep Lamichhane took a brand new twist Wednesday when it was introduced the leg-spinner would have his first stint in county cricket by taking part in for Worcestershire within the upcoming version of England’s Twenty20 Blast. Regardless of nonetheless being simply 20-years-old and never hailing from a significant cricket nation, Lamichhane is now an skilled T20 campaigner, following stints within the Indian Premier League and Australia’s Huge Bash League amongst different home competitions.
At Worcestershire, he might be reunited with batsman Riki Wessels after they performed collectively for Lahore Qalandars within the Pakistan Tremendous League.
Lamichhane has taken 125 wickets at a mean of below 19 apiece in 96 T20s.
“Sandeep has performed in lots of tournaments and gained a whole lot of expertise in franchise cricket,” mentioned Worcestershire coach Alex Gidman in a membership assertion.
“He is a leg-spinner, which is a little bit of thriller spin we imagine we’d like in our squad by way of steadiness, so we’re ecstatic with the signing.
“That is his first style of taking part in in England, and I am certain he’ll do nicely and have an pleasurable summer season with us,” he added.
Promoted
Lamichhane, a product of Nepal’s Chitwan Cricket Academy, grew to become a protege of Michael Clarke after the previous Australia captain noticed him at a event in Hong Kong.
The then teenager’s huge break got here when he was snapped up by the IPL’s Delhi Capitals, coached by one other ex-Australia captain in Ricky Ponting, for $318,000 in January 2018.
