Sydney, Nov 17(ANI): Tasmania has signed England all rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas as a replacement for Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga as the team's international signing for this summer"s Twenty20 Big Bash competition.
Cricket Tasmania operations general manager David Boon said the go-ahead of a previously doubtful one-day tour in Bangladesh has prevented Malinga from playing for Tasmania.
"When Malinga was first signed we knew this was a possibility and although it is disappointing, we have a suitable back-up player in Dimitri Mascarenhas who will arrive in Hobart during December," The Daily Telegraph quoted Boon, as saying.
The 32-year-old has made 14 Twenty20 international appearances for England.
Tasmania will play their first Twenty20 game on December 30 at Bellerive Oval against New South Wales. (ANI)
Cricket Tasmania operations general manager David Boon said the go-ahead of a previously doubtful one-day tour in Bangladesh has prevented Malinga from playing for Tasmania.
"When Malinga was first signed we knew this was a possibility and although it is disappointing, we have a suitable back-up player in Dimitri Mascarenhas who will arrive in Hobart during December," The Daily Telegraph quoted Boon, as saying.
The 32-year-old has made 14 Twenty20 international appearances for England.
Tasmania will play their first Twenty20 game on December 30 at Bellerive Oval against New South Wales. (ANI)
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