London, September 22: Indian left-arm spinner Murali Kartik has signed a one-year contract with the English county team Somerset. Kartik, currently playing for Middlesex, will be playing as Somerset’s overseas player for the year 2010.
Kartik is ecstatic after signing up the contract. “It`s a new challenge for a player like me who has been playing first class cricket in England for the last five seasons,” Kartik told the Somerset website.
“I know it is not an Old Trafford or Lord`s wicket, because I`ve played here before and it is a different challenge to me. As an international spinner when you have been playing for a long time you like to challenge yourself on wickets like that,” said the Indian spinner.
“Somerset have been vying for honours for the last two years [and] I think I probably add a new dimension to their attack. I love the challenge of playing county cricket and coming out and playing on different sorts of wickets,” Kartik added.
—Agencies