Sydney: Exciting West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine is headed to Australia’s Twenty20 Big Bash League after signing with defending champions Sydney Sixers.
The 24-year-old will join Australia speedster Brett Lee, who retired from international cricket last week, at the glitzy south-coast outfit for the December 7 to January 19 showpiece. No financial terms were disclosed, reports CMC.
Sixers chief executive Stuart Clark said the Trinidadian was expected to bring a new dimension to the club.
“He is a tremendous signing, and our crowd could be in for something special,” Clark said.
“[Coach] Trevor Bayliss coached him at Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League [IPL], and when we played against him in the Champions League, we found him hard to figure out.”
Kolkata signing
Narine signed for Kolkata in a deal worth $700,000 (Dh2.57 million) earlier this year, after just a handful of first class and One-Day International (ODI) games for the West Indies.
However, he took the IPL by storm with 24 wickets, earning the Man-of-the-Series honour as Kolkata took their maiden IPL title.
Narine dominated Australia in the Caribbean earlier this year with 11 wickets in the five-match ODI series and snatched 13 against New Zealand in another five-match series which finished in the Caribbean last week.
Fast bowler Kemar Roach is expected to join Narine in the Big Bash as media reports say he has signed a one-year deal with Brisbane Heat.
Sydney Thunder are also reportedly attempting to re-sign West Indies T20 superstar Chris Gayle.
