Batting all-rounder, Amrit Basra, has signed a two-year deal with Derbyshire.<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old has impressed since joining Derbyshire for the Metro Bank One-Day Cup, with his first half-century coming in the victory over Notts Outlaws at The Central Co-op County Ground.<\/p>\n
A former captain of the South Asian Cricket Academy (SACA), Basra was a regular performer for Derbyshire\u2019s Second XI this campaign, standing out with his impressive strokeplay and ability to hit big.<\/p>\n
He has extended his stay at The Central Co-op County Ground until the end of the 2027 season and will be available for all formats for the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Head of Cricket, Mickey Arthur, said: \u201cAmrit has impressed during his appearances for us and we feel he\u2019s earned the opportunity to show what he can do longer-term. We\u2019re excited by his talent and he has all the tools to be a very good player at this level.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is an example of why Second XI cricket is so important, because it gives players who may be without a county a chance to perform and get a chance in the professional game. We have a great relationship with SACA and Chris Highton has done a tremendous job of providing that platform and finding players for us to take a look at.\u201d<\/p>\n
Basra added: \u201cMy time with Derbyshire so far has been really enjoyable and I\u2019m thrilled to be staying with the Club for the next two seasons.<\/p>\n
\u201cThings have moved very quickly for me over the last few months, but I\u2019m thankful for the opportunity Derbyshire have given me and I want to repay them by helping the team get wins and entertaining our supporters.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Batting all-rounder, Amrit Basra, has signed a two-year deal with Derbyshire. The 23-year-old has impressed since joining Derbyshire…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-84043","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\/84043","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=84043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}