Chris Green, the Australian offspinning all-rounder, is set to join Middlesex for the first half of the T20 Blast as a replacement for Afghanistan's Mujeeb ur Rahman. Mujeeb, who will now feature in the second half of the T20 competition, will arrive late in England due to visa issues. He will be available for the last seven group games." The delay in Mujeeb's arrival has been caused by unforeseen visa issues and his ability to travel from Kabul to London without passing through a red-listed country," Middlesex County Cricket Club stated in a release on Thursday (June 3).
"Mujeeb is not alone in having to quarantine in a country outside the UK prior to arriving in the UK and continued uncertainty over the timescale of these delays has caused Middlesex to make the decision to push back Mujeeb's arrival. "Speaking on Green's inclusion, Stuart Law, Middlesex's head coach, said, "Chris is an experienced performer in T20 cricket and has played in tournaments all over the world. "He has had a huge impact at Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash for a few years now and I look forward to him bringing that wealth of experience here to Middlesex. Dealing with Covid has caused us a few headaches, but Chris will slot in nicely to cover for Mujeeb until his arrival."
