LAN­CASHIRE, Eng­land – West In­dies pac­er An­der­son Phillip has signed for Lan­cashire for the re­main­ing three match­es of the Vi­tal­i­ty Coun­ty Cham­pi­onship in Eng­land.

The 28-year-old Trinida­di­an fast bowler, who has been signed as an over­seas play­er, will go straight in­to the squad to face Durham at Chester-le-Street, start­ing Mon­day.

“We are re­al­ly pleased to bol­ster our pace at­tack with the ad­di­tion of An­der­son for our re­main­ing match­es in this sum­mer’s Vi­tal­i­ty Coun­ty Cham­pi­onship,” said Lan­cashire di­rec­tor of crick­et per­for­mance, Mark Chilton.

“Adding fur­ther pace to our bowl­ing at­tack for the fi­nal match­es of the red-ball sea­son has been a key aim for my­self and it’s great to be able to wel­come An­der­son in­to the group.

“We are look­ing for­ward to see­ing what he can bring to our side start­ing to­mor­row up in Durham as we aim for a strong end to the sea­son,” he added.

Phillip, who had been play­ing for Flori­da-based side Mi­a­mi Li­ons, has made two Test and five One-Day In­ter­na­tion­al ap­pear­ances for the West In­dies.

In 33 first-class match­es, he has tak­en 114 wick­ets at an av­er­age of 23.

Dur­ing the 2023-24 West In­dies First-Class Cham­pi­onship, Phillip took 29 wick­ets in sev­en match­es at an av­er­age of 18 for the Trinidad and To­ba­go Red Force.

CMC