Hassan Azad finds route back into first-class cricket as batsman joins Northamptonshire

JAMES COYNE: Azad will deputise for Emilio Gay, the highly-rated left-handed opener, who felt discomfort in his knee earlier this month and did not travel on the club's pre-season tour to Cape Town

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