Durham leg-spin bowler Shafiqullah Ghafari has signed a one-year contract extension to maintain him on the membership for the 2027 season.
The 24-year-old made 10 appearances within the One-Day Cup to assist Durham attain the semi-final within the 2026 marketing campaign.
He took career-best figures of 4-36 towards Lancashire at Previous Trafford in August and ended the season because the membership’s main wicket-taker within the competitors with 16.
Ghafari, who was born in Afghanistan however efficiently claimed asylum in England, solely featured as soon as in Durham’s County Championship Division Two promotion success – within the remaining recreation towards Lancashire.
However he additionally took 65 wickets in 23 video games for Richmondshire within the North Yorkshire and South Durham Premier League in 2026.
“I’ve loved being a part of this group during the last couple of years and contributing once I can,” Ghafari told the Durham club website., external
“It was nice to play an element within the One-Day Cup and hopefully I can proceed to take wickets for Durham throughout all codecs into subsequent season.”
