Imran Tahir adds obscure UAE team to the long list of franchises he has represented

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.