SA20: England’s Jordan Cox signs as injury replacement for Saqib Mahmood at Pretoria Capitals

England batter Jordan Cox has signed as a replacement player for the injured Saqib Mahmood at Pretoria Capitals in the SA20.

Capitals announced that Mahmood has been ruled out of the tournament, but did not specify what injury the 28-year-old had.

Cox, 25, will join up with Pretoria after representing Dubai Capitals in the International League T20, which runs until 4 January.

The right-hander has played six T20s for England, scoring 88 runs in four innings. His previous experience in the SA20 was with Sunrisers Eastern Cape, but he struggled and only scored 44 runs in seven innings.

The fourth edition of the SA20 runs from 26 December to 25 January.