Pakistan paceman Mohammad Amir will play for Lord’s-based London Spirit inthis year’s debut season of English cricket’s Hundred competition, it wasannounced on Tuesday.
He will be joined by Afghanistan’s Mohammad Nabi, with another overseasall-rounder, South Africa’s Chloe Tryon, signing for the Spirit’s women’steam.
The coronavirus forced cricket chiefs to delay last year’s launch of theHundred, a new 100-balls-per-side tournament consisting of eightfranchises, each with men’s and women’s team.
Amir, 28, last month announced his international retirement in protest overthe “shabby” treatment he said he had received from the Pakistan management.
It was at Lord’s where the gifted left-arm quick’s Pakistan career firstcame to a shuddering halt in 2010, when he was handed a five-year ban forhis part in a spot-fixing scandal.
Amir was one of 54 players whose participation in the 2021 Hundred wasannounced on Tuesday, with England World Cup-winning opening batsman JasonRoy and West Indies spinner Sunil Narine both retained by Oval Invincibles.
The franchise’s women’s side will be bolstered by the signing of SouthAfrica all-rounder Marizanne Kapp, whose Proteas team-mates Lizelle Lee andMignon Du Preez are joining Manchester Originals.
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Jonny Bairstow, fresh from helping England win their Test series opener inSri Lanka, has been retained by the Welsh Fire.
A draft was held in October 2019 but changes to players’ values andavailability means that teams have until February 4 to retain or releasethem.
After that, there will be another draft to fill the remaining slots.
The Hundred has been beset by controversy, with many critics arguing thereis no space in an already crowded calendar but cricket bosses say it willhelp attract a new audience to the game.
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