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Indian Express
21 hours ago
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- Indian Express
After Gaikwad, Khaleel Ahmed pulls out of County contract midway, cuts short his stint for Essex
Indian left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed, who had joined joined English domestic team Essex for the County Championship and One Day Cup until the end of the 2025 season, cut short his stint in England and pulled out of the Championship, citing personal reasons, announced the English club on Monday. In a statement released by Essex, the club confirmed Ahmed is travelling back to India. 'Essex Cricket can confirm that Khaleel Ahmed has made the decision to return home for personal reasons and will be ending his time with the Club. While we are disappointed to see him leave, we fully support Khaleel's decision and are grateful for the contributions he made during his time with us. Everyone at Essex Cricket wishes Khaleel all the very best for the future,' reads the statement. Khaleel represented Essex in only two matches. He picked just four wickets in those two games at an average of 64.50 after signing a contract with Essex in June. This is the second instance of an Indian cricketer pulling out of the County contract midway in the last two weeks. Earlier, India batter Ruturaj Gaikwad backed out of the County Championship deal that he had signed up for with Yorkshire in June. The Chennai Super Kings captain was due to appear for his debut on Tuesday, but has now opted out of the deal due to personal reasons. Yorkshire had also shown disappointment in Gaikwad's decision but said they hope everything is okay. 'Unfortunately Gaikwad's not coming now for personal reasons,' Yorkshire head coach Anthony McGrath had said. 'We're not going to have him for Scarborough or for the rest of the season. So that's disappointing. I can't tell you anything about the reasons why, but we hope that everything's ok. 'We've literally just found out. We're working behind the scenes on what we can do. But it's only two or three days away, so I'm not sure what we can do at the moment. We're working to try and get a possible replacement, but time pressure is the issue. I can't give you anything more than that at the moment,' McGrath added. Yorkshire ended up signing Pakistan batter Imam-ul-Haq as the replacement. The Essex side is yet to announce Khaleel's replacement.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
India seamer Ahmed leaves Essex early
India pace bowler Khaleel Ahmed has ended his spell with Essex early, returning home for personal reasons. The left-armer, who has played 11 one-day internationals and 18 T20 games for his country, was set to be with Essex for the remainder of the County Championship season and feature in their One Day Cup campaign. Ahmed has taken four wickets in two games for Essex since joining last month, at an average of 64. An club statement said: "While we are disappointed to see him leave, we fully support Khaleel's decision and are grateful for the contributions he made during his time with us. "Everyone at Essex Cricket wishes Khaleel all the very best for the future." Essex, currently seventh in Division One of the County Championship, face Warwickshire on Tuesday, having thrashed Sussex by an innings and 39 runs last week.
BBC News
2 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
India seamer Ahmed leaves Essex spell early
India pace bowler Khaleel Ahmed has ended his spell with Essex early, returning home for personal left-armer, who has played 11 one-day internationals and 18 T20 games for his country, was due to be with Essex for the remainder of the County Championship season and feature in their One Day Cup has taken four wickets in two games for Essex since joining last month, at an average of club statement said: "While we are disappointed to see him leave, we fully support Khaleel's decision and are grateful for the contributions he made during his time with us. "Everyone at Essex Cricket wishes Khaleel all the very best for the future."Essex, currently seventh in Division One of the County Championship, face Warwickshire on Tuesday, having thrashed Sussex by an innings and 39 runs last week.
BBC News
2 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Kent all-rounder Evison signs contract to 2027
Kent all-rounder Joey Evison has signed a contract until the end of the 2027 23-year-old has made 96 appearances for the club, scoring 2,862 runs and claiming 87 moved to Kent initially on loan from Nottinghamshire in 2022, making the move permanent the following won the One Day Cup in his first season with the Spitfires, hitting 97 and taking two wickets against Lancashire in the final at Trent Bridge."I'm delighted to commit to Kent for the foreseeable future," he said."A lot of positive change is happening behind the scenes, and the future for Kent looks really bright. I'm pleased that I will be on this journey for a long time yet."I'd like to thank the coaches, staff and supporters for all the faith that they have shown in me in my time here so far - I hope that I'll continue to repay that faith in a Kent shirt."
BBC News
21-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Essex captain Scrivens eyes upturn after T20 win
Essex captain Grace Scrivens is hoping improved performances in the One-Day Cup will follow a long-awaited win in their final T20 Blast game of the Eagles rounded off a disappointing Blast campaign, in which they finished second-bottom of the table, by overcoming Durham on Friday by nine runs to claim a first victory in six attempts. They now face Somerset on Thursday, and Lancashire on 30 July in the One-Day Cup before a month-long break for some of the players while The Hundred takes centre stage in told BBC Radio Essex: "The Blast hasn't gone quite how we planned. I felt like we're a better team than the results have shown." She continued: "It's obviously a bit disappointing but I feel like we've won a few games and we're looking to build on that for next year."We've got a young side so we're still learning but I think we're looking in the better position for next year and we're really finding the way we want to play our T20 cricket which is really pleasing."Essex need an upturn in form in the One-Day Cup as they are currently bottom of the table after winning just one of their eight group-stage matches so far, with six still to play."The two 50-over games before the Hundred are going to be vital for us," said Scriven. "We need to win them so it's nice having a bit of momentum leading into that with the win [against Durham] and hopefully we can get on a bit of a run."
