Yorkshire have signed Afghanistan quick bowler Naveen Ul-Haq as an abroad participant for the 2026 T20 Blast.
The 26-year-old has beforehand performed within the competitors with Leicestershire and is seen as a Twenty20 specialist.
Throughout his three-season spell with the Foxes, Ul-Haq completed because the Blast’s main wicket taker within the 2021 match with 26 and second highest the season after.
“It is an actual honour to signal with Yorkshire, a membership with a really proud historical past,” stated Ul-Haq, who turns into the primary Afghan participant to symbolize the county.
“I am very excited to play in entrance of the Yorkshire public at Headingley and contribute to a robust marketing campaign within the 2026 Blast. I am wanting ahead to working with the gamers and coaches and hopefully bringing some success.”
A prolific expertise within the brief format, Ul-Haq has taken 271 wickets in 223 T20 matches thus far with profession finest figures of 5-11.
“He has the flexibility to constantly make a big affect on video games and brings us distinctive high quality and T20 expertise for somebody who remains to be younger,” Gavin Hamilton, Yorkshire’s basic supervisor of cricket, added.
