Craig Overton and Tom Lammonby headline additions to MI Emirates squad

Warwickshire's Dan Mousley, Ireland international Lorcan Tucker, and West Indies Under-19s bowler McKenny Clarke have also joined the franchise ahead of the inaugural ILT20 campaign

MI Emirates have made five additions to their squad ahead of the inaugural International League T20 competition, which gets underway in the UAE on January 13.

English trio Craig Overton, Tom Lammonby, and Dan Mousley, Ireland international Lorcan Tucker and West Indies Under-19s bowler McKenny Clarke have all been recruited by the franchise.  

Somerset and Southern Brave bowler Overton has scored 347 runs at a strike rate of 123.04 and taken 70 wickets in 70 T20 outings to date.

^{Dan Mousley and Lorcan Tucker have also been added to MI Emirates' squad [Gareth Copley/Darrian Traynor/Getty Images]}

His county teammate, Lammonby, has enjoyed overseas stints with Karachi Kings and Hobart Hurricanes as well as featuring for Manchester Originals in The Hundred. In 62 appearances, the batter has scored 773 runs at a strike rate of 148.08 and picked up 15 wickets.

Mousley has a similarly explosive strike rate, with his 359 runs – from 16 appearances – coming at a rate of 142.46. In 2022, he scored 166 runs, including two half-centuries, for Warwickshire in the T20 Blast.

Tucker is the second Ireland international to sign up for the competition, with Paul Stirling set to represent Abu Dhabi Knight Riders.

A wicketkeeper-batter, he has scored 1,435 runs at a strike rate of 128.58 in 91 T20s, including a team-leading 204 runs for Ireland at the 2022 T20 World Cup.

MI Emirates, whose squads also includes the likes of Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo, and Trent Boult, will begin their campaign against Sharjah Warriors on January 14.

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