All-rounder Imad Wasim has signed for his third stint as an overseas player with Notts Outlaws.
The Pakistan international, who won the Vitality Blast in his second season at Trent Bridge in 2020, is available for the final two group games and the quarter-final stages should the Outlaws qualify.
He provides cover for Colin Munro and Samit Patel, both of whom have been ruled out for at least the remaining two group-stage games through injury.
“We’re delighted to welcome Imad back, particularly with the memories we have with him lifting the trophy at Edgbaston three years ago,” Peter Moores said.
“It helps that he’s been with us before. He knows how we operate and vice versa, and he has experience at the highest level which helps in big games. He can bowl across different periods of the game and is a strong middle-order batter.
“Both Colin and Samit are excellent players who have shown their class across the tournament this year, and we’ll miss what they bring to the side.
“However, we believe that by exercising the opportunity to recruit an overseas player of Imad’s quality, we can retain the balance of our side and continue to push for success.
“We have two big games at Trent Bridge with qualification in our own hands and an opportunity to still gain a home draw depending how other results go.
“The key will be to look no further than the game on Friday against the Bears as our first opportunity to qualify for the latter stages of the tournament”
Wasim has claimed 18 wickets across 16 games for Notts Outlaws across his two summers in England thus far, with an economy under seven.
With a T20 strike rate in excess of 130, the 34-year-old averages 24 with the bat for the Outlaws.
He has made 66 T20I appearances to date, amassing 64 wickets in that time.
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