Nottinghamshire have signed New Zealand striker Colin Munro to replace Dan Christian in this summer’s T20 Blast.
Australian Christian, 39, has announced his intention to retire when this year’s Big Bash competition ends in February.
Former Worcestershire and Hampshire player Munro, 35, is one of T20 cricket’s top scorers in its 20-year history.
“Dan brought us experience, quality and a dynamic style of play,” Notts coach Peter Moores said.
“I see Colin in the same bracket. He’s got his game sorted. He’s played T20 cricket all over the world.
“He will complement Alex Hales at the top of the order. We are aware that Ben Duckett has done very well for England and there is more than a chance that we will miss him for part of the summer. is one of the reasons we wanted to bring Colin in, to make sure we had that wealth of experience.”
Born in South Africa, Munro won two national T20 titles in New Zealand, in 2011 and 2012 with Auckland, where he grew up. And he also won the Caribbean Premier League twice with Trinidad Knight Riders in 2017 and 2018.
He then helped Perth Scorchers beat Christian’s Sydney Sixers to win the Big Bash in 2022 and then helped Nottingham-based Trent Rockets win the second Men’s Hundred final at Lord’s last summer.
“Trent Bridge is a great place to call home,” Munro said. “I saw firsthand how supportive the crowd was for the team with the Rockets last summer.”
Munro has now played 365 T20 games around the world, scoring 9,195 points to become the 12th top scorer in the 20 years since the format’s launch.
His tally of three T20 international centuries is beaten only by India’s Rohit Sharma.
It will be his fifth spell in T20 cricket in England after three summers with Worcestershire in 2014, 2015 and 2022 and a year with Hampshire in 2018.
