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Brisbane Heat big-hitter Chris Lynn has been recruited to play England's domestic T20 county competition by Northamptonshire Steelbacks.
Former Australian white-ball international Chris Lynn has been signed by English county Northamptonshire to play in the domestic T20 competition, Blast.
Lynn, 32, made 18 T20 appearances for Australia from 2014 to 2018 and also played four one-day internationals.
The Queenslander has spent a decade playing BBL with Brisbane Heat, and appeared for T20 franchises in India, Pakistan, West Indies, Sri Lanka and Canada, plus the English Hundred competition last year.
But he has not previously played for an English county team.
Lynn has scored more than 6,000 runs in T20, hitting two centuries and 40 fifties.
"He fits the bill really well in terms of his power at the top of the order," said Steelbacks skipper Josh Cobb.
"I really get the feeling he has a hunger to go out there and perform and when he does Wantage Road certainly won't be big enough."
"I have always wanted to play county cricket and am really looking forward to linking up with Northamptonshire," said Lynn
Northants won the trophy in 2013 and 2016 but have not reached the four-team Finals Day since.
Lynn joins fellow Australians Ben McDermott, Nathan Ellis (both Hampshire Hawks), Ashton Turner (Durham) and Dan Christian (Notts Outlaws) in signing for counties purely to play the T20 Blast. The season starts on May 25.
