LAHORE: English county Surrey has signed Pakistan pacer Rao Iftikhar Anjum as its overseas player to cover for Piyush Chawla, who will be playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) during the early part of the season. Iftikhar, 29, has an impressive first-class record, with 388 wickets at 23.87 but has only played one Test for Pakistan, against Sri Lanka almost four years ago. He has featured more regularly in the one-day side, taking 77 wickets from 62 games at an average over 31. He will join up with Surrey at the start of the 2010 season and be available for the first three County Championship matches of the year against Derbyshire at The Oval; away at Hove against Sussex and the festival match against Worcestershire at Whitgift School.
Surrey has a rich tradition of Pakistan bowlers, with Saqlain Mushtaq and Waqar Younis among the many who have featured at The Oval, and Iftikhar is looking forward to adding his name to that pantheon. “Playing for an English county has long been an ambition of mine and I am very much looking forward to joining Surrey in the coming weeks. Some of the greatest Pakistan bowlers of recent times have played for Surrey and I am honoured to be following in their footsteps,” he said.
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Surrey has a rich tradition of Pakistan bowlers, with Saqlain Mushtaq and Waqar Younis among the many who have featured at The Oval, and Iftikhar is looking forward to adding his name to that pantheon. “Playing for an English county has long been an ambition of mine and I am very much looking forward to joining Surrey in the coming weeks. Some of the greatest Pakistan bowlers of recent times have played for Surrey and I am honoured to be following in their footsteps,” he said.
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