Kyle Mayers join Birmingham Bears for T20 Blast

The West Indian batting allrounder will be available for the club’s final three group stage matches

West Indies international Kyle Mayers has joined Birmingham Bears for their final three group matches of the 2021 T20 Blast.

The batting allrounder, who bowls medium pace, made his T20I debut for West Indies against New Zealand in November 2020, scoring 25 runs at a strike rate of 138.88 in two appearances.

Mayers has 688 runs and 16 wickets in 61 career T20 appearances and starred for Barbados Tridents in last year’s Caribbean Premier League, scoring a team-leading 222 runs and taking two wickets in seven overs.

Commenting on signing for the Bears, Mayers said: "I’m very excited by this opportunity to join up with the Bears and I hope that I can contribute with the bat and ball during these final three important games of the Blast.

"I understand that the Bears have enjoyed a good association with West Indies cricketers and I’m very proud to join this list of players. Hopefully I can make some important contributions, which secure our path through to the knock-out stages."

Meanwhile, Warwickshire’s director of cricket, Paul Farbrace, added: "Kyle played superbly in last year’s CPL, which helped him to break into the Windies ranks across all formats.

"Being able to add Kyle, as a hard-hitting batsman and skilful seam bowler, to our squad as we bid for a quarter final place is great boost. We also recognise how motivated Kyle is by this opportunity to feature in another leading T20 tournament with an ICC T20 World Cup just around the corner."

Mayers will be available for Birmingham Bears’ back-to-back local derbies against Worcestershire Rapids (July 9 and July 16) as well as their final group match against Northants Steelbacks on July 18.