{"id":30249,"date":"2025-07-29T04:28:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T04:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/30249\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T04:28:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T04:28:12","slug":"usama-mir-pakistan-spinner-returns-to-worcestershire-on-three-year-t20-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/30249\/","title":{"rendered":"Usama Mir: Pakistan spinner returns to Worcestershire on three-year T20 deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Worcestershire have signed Pakistan international leg-spinner Usama Mir on a three-year T20 contract from next season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 29-year-old will join the Pears for a second spell as an overseas player for the 2026 season, before becoming classed as a homegrown player from 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mir topped both the county&#8217;s T20 bowling and batting averages in 2023 and was due to return last year, but was unable to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/articles\/c9xx5nk4gk4o\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">obtain the right paperwork<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;He&#8217;s a high-calibre cricketer with the skills and temperament to make a real impact at this level,&#8221; Worcestershire chief executive Ashley Giles <a href=\"https:\/\/wccc.co.uk\/news\/usama2028\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told the club website, external<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;His ability to transition into a homegrown player from 2027 gives us great flexibility in squad planning and shows our commitment to building a competitive team for the long term.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mir has represented Pakistan across all formats, including five international T20 caps, and appeared in T20 leagues around the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He has also played for Manchester Originals in the past two editions of The Hundred.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s huge for Worcestershire,&#8221; added head coach Alan Richardson. &#8220;The club has a very proud history and a rich history of quality overseas signings.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Worcestershire have signed Pakistan international leg-spinner Usama Mir on a three-year T20 contract from next season. The 29-year-old&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-30249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}