The West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder is expected to join newly promoted Worcestershire for their first five matches of this year’s County Championship. Holder, the West Indies Test captain from 2015 to 2020, skipped their two-Test series against Australia in January but has publicly stated his desire to continue playing red-ball cricket. The 32-year-old’s only previous experience of county cricket came in 2019 with an early season stint at Northamptonshire, the same year he became the first West Indies player to top the Test all-rounder rankings since Sir Garfield Sobers.
The leg-spinner has not set any major summer targets like a place in England’s T20 World Cup squad or a home Test debut.
Tom Hartley is poised to be included in England’s squad for the Twenty20 World Cup in June, despite not making a single appearance in the format to date.