Lancashire have signed Australia batter Ben McDermott for the 2026 T20 Blast season.
The 31-year-old right-hander, who has featured for Hampshire Hawks within the Blast earlier than, will be a part of at some stage in the event.
McDermott has scored greater than 3,000 runs in Australia’s Huge Bash League and has additionally featured in The Hundred, SA20, Caribbean Premier League, Abu Dhabi T10, Hong Kong Sixes and the World Tremendous League.
“The Blast is a contest I’ve all the time loved throughout my earlier spells in England with Hampshire,” he told the club website., external
“I am excited to recover from to Manchester, meet the lads and play my half in what I hope shall be a extremely profitable season for us in T20 cricket.”
McDermott, who’s the son of former Australia quick bowler Craig, made 44 appearances for Hampshire within the Blast between 2022 and 2024 and scored 10 half-centuries in a complete of 1,138 runs.
He additionally hit 62 off 36 balls within the 2022 last as they beat Lancashire by one run at Edgbaston and has been capped 30 occasions by Australia in one-day internationals and T20s.
Lancashire’s director of cricket efficiency Mark Chilton added: “Ben is a really versatile batter in T20 cricket. He is performed loads of batting within the prime three throughout his profession, however in more moderen occasions he is dropped right into a 4 or 5 function, with a robust file towards spin.
“Availability was one other key parameter for us, and Ben being round for the entire competitors meant that he was ticking loads of bins and was proper on the prime of our shortlist.”
