Scotland leg-spinner Abtaha Maqsood has signed a brand new two-year contract with Essex Ladies.
The 26-year-old took 22 wickets in all competitions for the county in 2025, their first as a totally skilled workforce.
She made her Scotland debut in 2018 and has performed 80 white-ball internationals thus far.
“Abtaha’s worth to our workforce was underlined final season, taking wickets at essential instances and additional rising into her function as a frontrunner in our bowling unit,” mentioned Essex Ladies’s efficiency director Danni Warren.
Maqsood has additionally performed for Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred.













