Wayne Parnell joins Durham for T20 Blast
Durham have introduced the signing of Wayne Parnell for the T20 Blast, reinforcing their depleted bowling shares on the eve of their opening fixture in opposition to Northamptonshire on Friday evening.
Brydon Carse, Paul Coughlin and Mitchell Killeen are all sidelined via damage, whereas Matthew Potts, Mark Wood and Ben Stokes are set to affix up with the England squad to play Ireland at Lord’s subsequent week.
As a end result the membership have introduced in Parnell, contemporary from his time on the IPL with Royal Challengers Bangalore. He has beforehand performed for 5 different counties – Sussex, Glamorgan, Kent, Northamptonshire and Worcestershire – in addition to with Northern Superchargers within the Hundred.
He is Durham’s second abroad signing particularly for the Blast alongside the Australia middle-order batter Ashton Turner, with David Bedingham more likely to begin the season on the bench.
“Wayne is an experienced international-level T20 bowler with a proven track record of delivering performances in franchise cricket,” Marcus North, Durham’s director of cricket, stated.
“His experience of playing for and captaining T20 teams around the world will be valuable to us this season. He bowls left-arm pace and can provide runs down the order with the bat.
“He has performed loads of white-ball cricket in England and he comes straight to Durham on the again of a great stint within the IPL so he is able to play when he arrives this weekend.”
Parnell added: “I’m delighted to have this chance to play for Durham. I’ve totally loved my earlier spells in England, and everybody speaks effectively of Durham.
“I know some of the lads in the dressing room so I’m hoping to fit straight in and use my experience to deliver some wins for the fans.”