Surrey signs Shakib Al Hasan for a match against Somerset in T20 Blast

Alec Stewart, Surrey's director of cricket, said it was "an easy decision" to sign Shakib Al Hasan on a one-match deal as the club confirmed his arrival for their vital County Championship fixture against Somerset at Taunton this week. Surrey are on the chase after a third continuous title in Stewart's last season as head of cricket and are 24 focuses in front of second-set Somerset with three matches staying this season. They have eight players missing on Britain obligation this week, because of conflicts with the finish of the Sri Lanka Test series and the beginning of the Australia T20Is. Those players incorporate Will Jacks and Dan Lawrence, who have been utilized as twist bowling allrounders this season. "We've known for a while that this apparatus was probably going to be one where we would have a critical number of players away on Britain obligation and, specifically, missing two of our turning allrounders," Stewart said. "Whenever the chance to bring a player of the nature of Shakib to the club went along, it was a simple choice to make. "Shakib brings an abundance of involvement and remarkable expertise with bat and ball and we anticipate seeing how he can help Surrey." Shakib really replaces Sai Sudharsan, who has gotten back to India for the 2024-25 Duleep Prize. For Shakib, the apparatus likewise addresses the opportunity to play serious cricket before Bangladesh's impending Test series in India. "Surrey are quite possibly of the most lofty club on the planet and I'm satisfied to be able to address the club," he said. "I'm coming here to have an effect and assist the group with accomplishing their objectives for the season." With such countless players inaccessible, Surrey have likewise persuaded Tom Curran to play top of the line cricket without precedent for two years. Curran reported in February 2023 that he was moving back from red-ball cricket "for my body and for my emotional well-being" yet has been named in a 15-man crew to go to Taunton this week. Alongside Jacks and Lawrence, Surrey are likewise missing Ollie Pope, Gus Atkinson, Jamie Smith, Sam Curran, Reece Topley and Jamie Overton - despite the fact that they have still named seven global players in their crew. Somerset's crew incorporates Brett Randell, a seamer from New Zealand who has marked a transient arrangement. Somewhere else, Lancashire have marked Anderson Phillip, the Trinidadian seamer, for their last three Title games as they bid to stay away from transfer. They had been dealing with an arrangement to sign Pakistan seamer Mohammad Ali, however the move has failed to work out.