Yorkshire say there may be scope for Saud Shakeel’s deal on the membership to be prolonged past his preliminary four-game contract

Yorkshire have signed Pakistan batter Saud Shakeel for 4 matches from the second sport of the County Championship.

The 27-year-old is ready for his debut at Gloucestershire on Thursday.

Shakeel made his Take a look at debut towards England in December, scoring half-centuries in every of his first 5 appearances and a maiden century towards New Zealand.

“Saud is a really gifted younger participant, we see this as a terrific signing,” managing director Darren Gough mentioned.external-link

Gough added: “He might be an exquisite addition to our present squad.

“We do not need to be able like final 12 months the place we needed to rely purely on youth at occasions – you want that steadiness within the line-up.”

Shakeel has scored 4,773 runs in 62 first-class matches up to now, hitting 16 centuries and averaging 54.23.

The left-hander will enhance Yorkshire’s choices within the absence of captain Shan Masood, who will miss the beginning of the season after being referred to as up by Pakistan, and the injured Neil Wagner.

“He did properly towards England and New Zealand,” added Gough. “We need to get the steadiness proper between youth and expertise and we now really feel we’ve bought a squad the place we’ve loads of alternatives for everybody.”

Shakeel joins New Zealand’s Wagner, West Indies batter Shai Hope and Namibia all-rounder David Wiese as Yorkshire’s abroad gamers.

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