BRADSHAW have signed Pakistan first-class player Shahzaib Ahmed as their professional for next season.

The 24-year-old all-rounder bats right handed and bowls leg spin and has a batting average of 20 in the first class game.

He has also taken more than 100 wickets at an average of 28.

He joins a strong-looking squad at the Rigby's who will be looking to improve on last season's fifth-place finish by challenging for the title next year.

Ahmed is the third arrival of the winter, following Chris Evans from Greenmount and former Pakistan Test player Atiq-uz-Zaman – previously of Westhoughton and St Annes – who was recruited from Bramhall as player/coach.