Somerset has signed Pakistan off-spinner Sajid Khan as their second overseas player for the final month of the County Championship season, as they try to avoid relegation to Division Two.

Matt Renshaw and Peter Siddle, overseas players for most of the 2022 season, have both returned to Australia and Sajid has joined his compatriot Imam-ul-Haq in signing for the final four championship games.

“I know Babar Azam and Azhar Ali have enjoyed their time in Somerset in recent years and I look forward to playing with Imam-ul-Haq again,” Sajid said. “I hope I can contribute to helping Somerset win the last four County Championship games of the season.”

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Somerset’s frontline spinner Jack Leach will be unavailable for the next two matches while on Test duty

Somerset’s frontline spinner Jack Leach will be unavailable for the next two matches while on Test duty, and their director of cricket Andy Hurry said the club felt “it is important to recruit an international quality spinner for the County Championship”.After detailed consideration of all the options available to us, we realized that Sajid Khan was an extraordinary man,” He has proven his quality at the highest level, and he would like to test himself in English conditions over the next few weeks. are hungry.

“He is a player with an excellent attitude, and he knows very well what County Championship cricket means to this club and its members and supporters.”

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Somerset is ninth in Division One in the final month of the season, although have a game in hand over Kent and Warwickshire who are seventh and eighth respectively.