FORMER Indian Test all-rounder Chetan Sharma has agreed terms with Blackburn Northern.
The deal is a major coup for the Vaux Ribblesdale League side.
Sharma has played for Scholes in the Huddersfield League for three seasons, almost reaching a 1,000 runs and 100 wickets double last year.
And the 30-year-old was previously professional at Tonge in the Bolton League.
Sharma has played 23 Tests, the last in 1988 against the West Indies.
He replaces Kiwi Ian Billcliff, who was not offered new terms.
"It is great to sign a Test-playing professional and, hopefully, he will be capable of winning a lot of games," said skipper Mel Gillibrand.
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