{"id":9800,"date":"2009-11-18T11:45:29","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T11:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2009\/11\/18\/bangladesh-ace-joins-worcestershire\/"},"modified":"2009-11-18T11:45:29","modified_gmt":"2009-11-18T11:45:29","slug":"bangladesh-ace-joins-worcestershire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2009\/11\/18\/bangladesh-ace-joins-worcestershire\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh ace joins Worcestershire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>Shakib Al Hasan first Bangladeshi overseas player in county cricket<\/h3>\n<div><strong>BANGALDESH captain Shakib Al Hasan has said he has fulfilled a lifetime ambition of playing in England after he was snapped up by Worcestershire County Cricket Club.<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The 22-year-old becomes the first Bangladesh player to sign for a county cricket side.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>He will join up with his new team mates next summer after Bangladesh complete their tour of England in July. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Hasan, who currently tops the ICC one-day all-rounders ranking list, said he was excited about his forthcoming stint in English cricket. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>\u201cI followed county cricket as a young player growing up and the opportunity to fulfil one of my ambitions by playing as an overseas player in England is one that excites me greatly,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>\u201cI consider it a huge honour to be the first Bangladeshi overseas player in county cricket and can\u2019t wait to give my all for the club on the field.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8220;County cricket has traditionally been the stage for the world&#8217;s best players and it is a matter of great pride for me to be associated with a club that has an overwhelming history and had been home to so many legendary cricketers. Particularly as an all-rounder, I am thrilled and inspired to be joining the team once graced by Ian Botham, Imran Khan and Kapil Dev.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Steve Rhodes, Director of Cricket at Worcestershire said the club had kept tabs on the player and were confident he would be a valuable addition to the team next season. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>\u201cI have been following his progress for some time and it is clear to me that he is a very good player,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cHis current ICC rankings prove this and I know he is hungry for success. His all round skills will be a great boost to our young team for the business end of the season.\u201d&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shakib Al Hasan first Bangladeshi overseas player in county cricket BANGALDESH captain Shakib Al Hasan has said he has fulfilled a lifetime ambition of playing in England after he was snapped up by Worcestershire County Cricket Club. &#13; The 22-year-old becomes the first Bangladesh player to sign for a county cricket side. &#13; He will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}