Faheem Ashraf joins Northamptonshire for T20 Blast

Ashraf, who has played in all formats of the game for his country, will be available to the Steelbacks for the whole of the Blast campaign

Northamptonshire Steelbacks have signed Pakistan allrounder Faheem Ashraf for the 2019 T20 Blast.

Ashraf, who has played in all formats of the game for his country, will be available to the Steelbacks for the whole of the Blast campaign.

"I am delighted to be joining Northants - I have heard good things about the club particularly as a white-ball side," he said.

"I can't wait to play in the Vitality Blast and I am looking forward to helping the team achieve their aim of winning the tournament."

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Ashraf averages 23.79 with the ball over the course of his 51-game T20 career to date, and holds an economy rate of 7.62. 

With the bat, the 24-year-old strikes at 129.16, with a top score of 54 not out.

Northants head coach David Ripley said: "Faheem is an exciting, proven white ball cricketer with the variety and subtle bowling skills required in the fast changing Twenty20 game.

"Coupled with his ability to also find the boundary with the bat, he is someone we look forward to enhancing our Vitality Blast campaign this summer."