Leicestershire have signed batter Hamza Shaikh from Warwickshire on a three-year deal.
The 20-year-old initially joins the Foxes on mortgage for the rest of the marketing campaign, earlier than making the swap everlasting in November.
Shaikh, who has featured for England’s second-string Lions facet and in addition represented his nation at Beneath-19 degree, has been with Warwickshire for the reason that age of 10.
He emerged from the Edgbaston youth ranks to make his One-Day Cup debut as a 16-year-old in 2022, and has gone on to additionally play for the Bears within the County Championship and T20 Blast.
He has thus far scored 301 runs in eight first-class appearances, however the majority of his profession has been spent taking part in 50-over Record A matches – by which he has made nearly 600 runs in 28 video games.
Leicestershire director of cricket Claude Henderson stated Shaikh is a participant the membership has “admired for a very long time” and described him as a “vital signing”.
“He is a younger batter with excellent expertise, a superb work ethic and, importantly, an actual need to proceed growing his recreation,” he instructed the club website., external
