Worcestershire sign Pakistan batter Azhar Ali for 2023 County Championship season
India Today
Azhar Ali played for Worcestershire last season of the county championship and was their third-highest run-scorer after Jack Haynes and Ed Bernard.
English county club Worcestershire has signed Azhar Ali for the 2023 edition of the County Championship. The right-handed batter had a stupendous outing for the team in the previous season of the first-class tournament.
In eight matches, Azhar scored 607 runs at an average of 46.69 with one century and three half-centuries. His top score of 225 came against Leicestershire back in May at the County Ground in New Road, Worcester.
On the back of his knock, Worcestershire won the match by an innings and 259 runs. Azhar was one of their leading run-scorers last season after Jack Haynes and Ed Bernard.
“Azhar has loved it here and wants to come back and do a job for us again next season, and we are delighted he has signed for another year. To get someone who is available for most of, if not the entire season, again is another bonus with your overseas player because I think it is going to be harder and harder to do that,” Worcestershire Cricket Steering Group Chairman, Paul Pridgeon was quoted as saying.
“He has had interest from other first class counties as well, but he has indicated he has really loved being at Worcestershire, and his family are settled here,” he added.
Azhar Ali has been a stalwart of the Pakistan Test team for more than 12 years. He has scored 7030 runs from 95 Tests at an average of 42.60 with 19 centuries and 50 half-centuries to show for his efforts.
