KIWI all-rounder Tama Canning is set to make a sensational return to the Lancashire League with Haslingden.
Canning, 28, spent four seasons with Accrington before being released at the end of last season after something of a disastrous season for both the player and the club.
But Haslingden cricket manager Jack Simpson said they had seen enough of the New Zealander to sign him up for the 2006 season.
He said: "We know what he's capable of and we know he'll be a good signing for us.
"We were impressed with him at Accrington and we think he'll be the ideal professional to compliment our amatuer line-up.
"The fact that he's played in the league is also a big advantage."
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