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Barbados Royals sign Harry Tector as short-term replacement

Ireland’s explosive hard-hitter Harry Tector is all set to make his debut in the Caribbean Premier League 2022. The 22-year-old has been named as a short-term replacement for Mujeeb Ur Rehman in the Barbados Royals squad.

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Ahead of the CPL 2022, Tector will be featuring in The 6ixty tournament. The Irish batter forms a part of the 15-member Barbados Royals squad for the new tournament. The much-anticipated league is scheduled to be played from August 24 to August 28 at St Kitts & Nevis.

Barbados Royals make an official statement

Notably, this will be the first time that Tector will be trying his hands at franchise cricket. The batter has spent the majority of his cricket career so far representing Northern Knights and Leinster Lightning in the Ireland domestic tournaments.

The Royals took to their official Twitter handle on Friday to announce the news of Tector getting on board for the T20 Championship.


“We've signed Ireland's Harry Tector as a short-term replacement for Mujeeb Ur Rahman until he arrives!” the franchise tweeted.

A glance at Tector’s international numbers

Tector has been no less than a revelation for Ireland in white-ball cricket. The middle-order batter has taken the cricket fraternity by storm owing to his splendid power-hitting abilities.

He showed signs of brilliance in the two-match T20I series against India. He continued his fine performance against New Zealand as well. 

Speaking of his overall performance, Tector has amassed 673 runs T20I runs in 37 games at a strike rate of 131.2. With such good numbers, the Dublin-born is expected to do well in West Indies’ franchise cricket as well.

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