Kent have signed Warriors and South Africa A all-rounder Beyers Swanepoel.
Swanepoel has replaced all-rounder Xavier Bartlett at Kent. Cricket Australia withdrew Bartlett earlier this week.
“I’m absolutely thrilled to join a historic county side such as Kent and to play in all formats of the English county game,” said Swanepoel.
“I hope to learn a lot while I’m here amongst a very talented squad. I spoke to former Kent overseas players before I signed and they couldn’t recommend Kent highly enough as a place to come and improve my game in English conditions.”
Swanepoel joined the Warriors in division one of South African cricket from the Northern Cape in division two in 2022.
He won the second edition of the SA20 with the Sunrises Eastern Cape earlier this year.
Kent director of cricket Simon Cook added: “We’re really excited by the potential that Beyers has and what he can offer us this season.
“We looked very carefully at him earlier in the year, but at that stage he hadn’t played the required games to qualify as a viable overseas signing for us.
“He’s a genuine all-rounder who provides extra batting depth for us across all formats – a gap that we’ve looked to fill with our overseas players this year.
“Xavier’s steep rise has been great to see. National boards are always going to protect their best assets, so it wasn’t a shock when we received news from Cricket Australia that they would be withdrawing him. This decision has potentially not ruled him out for the T20 Blast, and we’re continuing to discuss our options with Cricket Australia.
“We were able to work quickly to secure Beyers’ signature, as he was in demand from other counties in similar situations. We’re all looking forward to welcoming Beyers to Kent this summer.”