T20 BLAST

Former West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard has joined English county Surrey for the T20 Blast bowling off this week.

The 35-year-old Pollard will link up with sidelined West Indies off-spinner, Sunil Narine for the campaign, which will see him featuring in domestic cricket for the first time in a decade.

Pollard, who retired from international cricket last month, is also set to feature in the Homeland for London Spirit, meaning that he will spend a significant period in England following his engagement with Mumbai Indians in the ongoing Indian Premier League.

Pollard has endured a wretched season in this year’s IPL, averaging 14 with the bat from 11 innings with a best of 25, while taking just four wickets from 14 overs of an economy rate of nearly nine.

Despite this he has remained in demand globally for his six-hitting power which has come to characterize his game throughout a stellar white-ball career.

Pollard has plundered 11, 571 runs from 592 appearance and has taken 308 wickets with his slow medium numbers that prompted Surrey to move for the white-ball specialist.

“We’re very pleased to bring Kieron to the  club,” said Alex Stewart, Surrey’s cricket director.

Surrey has not won a domestic T20 title in nearly two decades.