Australia tempo bowler Xavier Bartlett will be a part of up with Kent for his or her first eight video games of this season’s T20 Blast.
Kent introduced the signing of the 25-year-old on the finish of February and, underneath the phrases of his preliminary contract, he was set to be out there for 5 of the opening seven County Championship matches, in addition to not less than the primary eight fixtures of the T20 Blast.
Cricket Australia withdrew him from that deliberate stint after a busy winter enjoying in his homeland, nevertheless it has now been confirmed Bartlett will hyperlink up with Kent for the beginning of their T20 competitors.
Bartlett made his worldwide T20 debut for Australia in opposition to West Indies in February, taking two wickets, and in addition has two one-day worldwide caps.
“We have been working extraordinarily laborious with Cricket Australia to make sure that Xavier can be a part of us in some capability this season, and we’re actually happy to have secured his companies for eight matches of our T20 marketing campaign,” Kent’s director of cricket, Simon Cook dinner, stated.
“He’s sizzling property in the meanwhile and totally deserves his new central contract with Australia. I do know that Spitfires supporters world wide can be extraordinarily excited that the BBL’s [Big Bash League] prime wicket-taker this winter can be pulling on a Kent shirt this June.”
Bartlett took 20 wickets in 11 matches as Brisbane Warmth gained Huge Bash 13.
