Proteas leg-spinner Imran Tahir played domestic cricket in the United Arab Emirates recently.
After a postponed stint with the Multan Sultans in the Pakistan Super League and before joining the Chennai Super Kings for the Indian Premier League, Tahir represented Inter Club Marine in the Bukhatir League at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
“It wasn’t a plan. I had to come to Dubai to travel to Australia for the Big Bash, then I had to come back to Dubai again to go to PSL. With the sad situation we are living in with Covid-19, I had to be stable in one place,” Tahir was quoted as saying by the National News.
“Unfortunately, South Africa was under lockdown. I had to put my family somewhere. This was the right place as it was central, and I can travel around.
“I left them here and went to PSL. I came back, have played a little bit of club cricket, and it has been great. It is tough cricket here, a really good standard of cricket, and I wasn’t expecting that to be honest.”
He took three wickets in the Bukhatir League final, as Inter Club Marine triumphed over Atlas Foundation.
File image: Imran Tahir.
Globetrotter and Journeyman
The 41-year-old Tahir has played 20 Tests, 107 ODIs and 38 T20Is – and has represented 20-plus teams at domestic level.
Indian Premier League
- Chennai Super Kings
- Rising Pune Supergiants
- Delhi Daredevils
England
- Middlesex
- Derbyshire
- Hampshire
- Durham
- Surrey
- Nottinghamshire
- Warwickshire
South Africa
- Easterns
- Dolphins
- Titans
- Warriors
- Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
Caribbean Premier League
- Guyana Amazon Warriors
Australia’s Big Bash League
- Melbourne Renegades
Pakistan Super League
- Multan Sultans
Bangladesh Premier League
- Sylhet Thunder
- Duronto Rajshahi