Brathwaite impressed against England in last week’s second Test at Headingley Nigel French/PA WireYorkshire have signed Kraigg Brathwaite, the West Indies batsman, for the final two matches of their battle for Specsavers County Championship Division One survival. The 24-year-old excelled in partnership with Shai Hope in last week’s second Test against England at Headingley, scoring 134 and 95 as the tourists levelled the three-match series. He will get another chance to impress on the Leeds ground when he replaces Shaun Marsh in time for the Tykes’ game against fellow strugglers Warwickshire starting on September 19 and will also be available for the season finale away to Essex the following week. Brathwaite said: “It’s a bit of a surprise. Initially, coming to England I knew there would be a lot of opportunities and one of my goals was to…

Source: The Times September 06, 2017 06:22 UTC