{"id":141359,"date":"2020-08-30T06:08:36","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T01:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=141359"},"modified":"2020-08-30T06:08:36","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T01:08:36","slug":"babar-azam-to-rejoin-somerset-for-this-years-domestic-t20-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/babar-azam-to-rejoin-somerset-for-this-years-domestic-t20-blast\/","title":{"rendered":"Babar Azam to rejoin Somerset for this year\u2019s domestic T20 Blast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>News Desk<br \/>\nMANCHESTER<br \/>\nPakistan star Babar Azam will rejoin Somerset for this year\u2019s domestic Twenty20 Blast, the English county announced Saturday.<br \/>\nBabar, the world\u2019s top-ranked Twenty20 batsman, was the leading run-scorer in the 2019 edition.<br \/>\nBabar, currently captaining Pakistan in their T20 series in England after featuring in all three Tests earlier in the tour, had agreed to return to southwest club Somerset before the coronavirus pandemic upended cricket schedules around the world.<br \/>\nBut while Covid-19 has seen several counties cancel deals with overseas players, Babar will be back at Somerset\u2019s Taunton base on Wednesday.<br \/>\nThe 25-year-old is set to be available for Somerset\u2019s final seven group matches plus the knockout stages should they qualify.<br \/>\n\u201cFor obvious reasons, this year has been very different from what we were all expecting, and I fully appreciate the challenges the game has faced globally as well as here in England,\u201d Babar said in a Somerset statement.<br \/>\n\u201cWe have all had to adapt and I\u2019m just really pleased that we could find a way to make this happen. I hope that I can help to contribute to success on the field for Somerset again.\u201d<br \/>\nIn his first season with Somerset, Babar compiled 578 runs at an impressive average of 52.54 and an astounding strike-rate of 149.35.<br \/>\n\u201cHe is a great player, is so easy on the eye and fitted brilliantly into our environment last year,\u201d said Somerset director of cricket Andy Hurry. \u201cWe consider Babar to be one of our own.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Desk MANCHESTER Pakistan star Babar Azam will rejoin Somerset for this year\u2019s domestic Twenty20 Blast, the English county announced Saturday. Babar, the world\u2019s top-ranked Twenty20 batsman, was the leading run-scorer in the 2019 edition. 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