Tye was the stand-out performer in Durham’s Blast marketing campaign final season, claiming 21 wickets in 10 matches, to take his general document within the competitors to 67 wickets in 48, following a earlier spell at Gloucestershire between 2016 and 2019.
He joins Northants off the again of his fourth BBL title, having helped Perth Scorchers overcome Brisbane Heat in final week’s closing. In the course of that match, he picked up his three hundredth T20 wicket in simply his 211th match, surpassing the earlier document set by Rashid Khan (213 video games).
“I’m very excited to be joining Northamptonshire for the Blast,” Tye mentioned. “They’re a good team that’s had success in the competition in the past so I’ll be hoping that we can recreate that success this year.”
Tye, 36, can be reunited along with his Australia team-mate Chris Lynn at Wantage Road, and has additionally performed alongside the membership’s bowling coach, Chris Liddle, throughout their Gloucestershire days.
“I’m looking forward to joining Lynny, it’s always better to have him on your team than to try playing against him,” Tye added. “I’m excited to work with John Sadler too, I’ve heard really good things about him plus Chris Liddle and I go back to his playing days at Glos so I’m excited to see him and work together again.”
Sadler, the pinnacle coach, added: “To get AJ on board is de facto pleasing, he is a tremendous addition and provides our staff a terrific steadiness.
“His experience and skill set is exactly what we needed and he knows what’s required to win games and win competitions too. He’ll be a super asset for us this season.”
Northamptonshire, two-times winners of the T20 Blast in 2013 and 2016, have struggled within the competitors in recent times, with a solitary quarter-final look previously 5 editions. However, with England’s David Willey additionally returning to the membership after his spell at Yorkshire, the captain Josh Cobb believes they are going to have a “world-class” core in 2023.
“AJ’s got a fantastic record in T20 cricket and we were looking for someone to come in and bring real experience to the attack, someone that can bowl the tough overs in the latter part of the innings and be a banker for us at the death,” Cobb mentioned.
“Willo [David Willey] coming back is a great addition for us as an allrounder, then we’ve got Lynny [Chris Lynn] at the top of the order and AJ now with the ball. It gives us a real solid core of world class experience throughout the side.
“We know we fell away final 12 months however we performed some wonderful cricket within the match, so hopefully with these two coming in alongside Willo we will push and go one step additional this summer time.”
Source web site: www.espncricinfo.com
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