Shoaib signs for English county

May 11, 2010 07:18 pm | Updated November 11, 2016 06:04 am IST - HYDERABAD

Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik, who married Indian tennis star Sania Mirza last month, has signed up with English county Lancashire for the forthcoming 2010 T-20 season.

Malik, who is currently undergoing a one-year 'ban' by the Pakistan Cricket Board after the disastrous tour of Pakistan team to Australia early this year, will join the county from June 1.

“I’m looking forward to getting back to competitive cricket after the two-month break”, the 27-year-old Malik informed 'The Hindu' on Tuesday afternoon.

Apparently, this has come as a huge relief to the Pakistani cricketer who has every reason to believe that the Lancashire gesture in a way rubbished the claims by some that because of the ban he was not supposed to play in any form of cricket or even train anywhere. “The ban on me was confined only to playing for Pakistan in international cricket,” was his clarification to a related query.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.