{"id":119058,"date":"2024-08-22T07:02:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T07:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/22\/akeal-hosein-signs-bbl-deal-with-three-time-champions-sydney-sixers-ahead-of-season-14\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T07:02:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T07:02:33","slug":"akeal-hosein-signs-bbl-deal-with-three-time-champions-sydney-sixers-ahead-of-season-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/22\/akeal-hosein-signs-bbl-deal-with-three-time-champions-sydney-sixers-ahead-of-season-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Akeal Hosein signs BBL deal with three time champions Sydney Sixers ahead of season 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2024\/08\/untitled-design-2024-08-22t111814-1724305952.jpg?resize=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Akeal Hosein signs BBL deal with three time champions Sydney Sixers ahead of season 14\" title=\"Akeal Hosein signs BBL deal with three time champions Sydney Sixers ahead of season 14\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"atimgbign\" id=\"story-featured-image\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<figure class=\"artbigimg row\"><figcaption><span class=\"author\">Image Source : GETTY IMAGES<\/span> Akeal Hosein.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artconfp\">Three-time Big Bash League (BBL) winners Sydney Sixers have roped in premier West Indian white-ball spinner Akeal Hosein in the lead-up to the 14th season of the competition.  <!-- \/8323530\/ITv_Desktop_VDO_1X1 -->\n  <\/p>\n<p>Hosein\u2019s signing is seen as an attempt made by Sydney Sixers to bolster their spin attack which got a bit depleted after the exit of their veteran left-arm orthodox spinner Steve O\u2019Keefe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Steve O\u2019Keefe called time on his professional playing career on January 10 after leading Sydney Sixers to another BBL final.<\/p>\n<p>Hosein is in red-hot form with the ball in hand. The 31-year-old propelled Southern Brave into the final of the Men\u2019s Hundred with a series of spectacular performances.<\/p>\n<p>The Trinidadian finished the recent season of the Men\u2019s Hundred as the second-leading wicket-taker for Southern Brave after Tymal Mills (19). Hosein bagged 12 wickets in nine matches for Southern Brave at an average of 20.66 and an economy rate of 8.75.<\/p>\n<p>Hosein also enjoyed a wonderful T20 World Cup from a personal point of view. He snared nine scalps in seven games at an economy rate of 5.64, including figures of 5\/11 against the debutants Uganda &#8211; the best bowling figures by a West Indian in the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup history.<\/p>\n<p>Hosein has a wealth of experience and Sixers are expected to seek benefit out of it. He has picked up 48 wickets in 57 T20Is and also claimed 159 scalps in 172 T20s.    <\/p>\n<p>The General Manager of Sydney Sixers, Rachael Haynes expressed elation at the signing of Hosein and mentioned that the team can use him to bowl some really crucial overs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to have Akeal on board with the club this summer,\u201d Haynes said in a release issued by Sixers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the retirement of Steve O\u2019Keefe last season, we identified a gap for us to fill and Akeal is going to play a key role for us in that position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect him to bowl some really important overs for us, but we also know he\u2019s a talented fielder and a capable tail-end batter who\u2019ll be able to provide crucial runs in the back end of an innings if required.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAside from being one of the best spinners in the world, we know Hosein is a great team person and someone who will fit in well with our group and our fans will love to watch this summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async>\nfunction loadFacebookScript(){\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '529056027274737');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n}\nwindow.addEventListener('load', (event) => {\n\tsetTimeout(function(){\n        loadFacebookScript();\n\t}, 5000);\n});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/sports\/cricket\/akeal-hosein-signs-bbl-deal-with-three-time-champions-sydney-sixers-ahead-of-season-14-2024-08-22-948100\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Source : GETTY IMAGES Akeal Hosein. Three-time Big Bash League (BBL) winners Sydney Sixers have roped in premier West Indian white-ball spinner Akeal Hosein in the lead-up to the 14th season of the competition. Hosein\u2019s signing is seen as an attempt made by Sydney Sixers to bolster their spin attack which got a bit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2024\/08\/untitled-design-2024-08-22t111814-1724305952.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[605],"tags":[203,97117,57932,97116,21723,79466,37652,6686,2294,97118,8876,8438,81398,30582,96007,222],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119058"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119058"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119060,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119058\/revisions\/119060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}