Derbyshire have signed Pakistan spinner Sufiyan Muqeem and Afghanistan’s Mohammad Ghazanfar for this summer season’s T20 Blast.
Muqeem, 26, will fill an abroad position for his or her first six matches earlier than returning teenager Ghazanfar replaces him, having been the membership’s main Blast wicket-taker in 2025 with 16 in 14 video games.
Ghazanfar can even be accessible for the knockout phases, ought to the Falcons progress from their group, which they final did in 2022.
The 19-year-old has performed 20 video games for Afghanistan throughout all three codecs, whereas left-armer Muqeem has 27 wickets from 19 T20 internationals, together with figures of 5-3 towards Zimbabwe in a recreation in December 2024.
“Signing abroad gamers with so many tournaments overlapping may be tough, so we have carried out nicely to signal two present worldwide spinners to make sure we’ve steadiness in our squad by way of the entire marketing campaign,” mentioned Derbyshire head of cricket Mickey Arthur.
He described Muqeem as “a gem” and on Ghazanfar’s return, Arthur added: “He is acting at a excessive degree around the globe, however he was clear with me over the winter that he needed to come back again to Derbyshire, and it is thrilling we have managed to get the deal carried out.”
Derbyshire will play their opening T20 Blast recreation at house to Durham on 22 Could.
