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.
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