Anton Devcich Denies T20 Contract to Become a Freelance Player

New Zealand batsman, Anton Devcich started off his Global T20 Canada campaign stunningly. The southpaw who is plying his trade for the Winnipeg Hawks. He smashed a brilliant 92 off 44 deliveries which also included with six sixes.

Devcich aims to play for New Zealand

It ensured that the Toronto Nationals chased the target of 231 down in 19.2 overs. It helped his franchise start of on a winning note. Devcich has now denied a domestic contract. He has denied indications to be a T20 freelancer and play in various leagues all around the world.

The southpaw hopes of representing the national team and is willing to improve on his skills and gain further experience from other T20 competitions.

Despite denying the contract, Devcich will be playing on the basis of per games. If reports are to be believed, Devcich is also trying to strike a deal in the Big Bash League later this year.

Devcich’s has an abundance of T20 experience,

“My goal is to represent the Black Caps and to do that I need to improve and gain more experience in pressure situations,” Devcich was quoted as saying during a statement.

“Although I will not be contracted I am still extremely dedicated to the association, they have been very supportive of my decision and have always led the way in all aspects of cricket in NZ,” he added.

The southpaw has been part of the domestic T20 League and has also played in the Pakistan Super League and the Caribbean Premier League. Devcich represented the Lahore Qalandars and the Trinbago Knight Riders, respectively.

Mitchell McClenaghan, who has turned out to be a T20 freelancer last year. He didn’t sign the 2^nd contract with Auckland 2^nd team.

McClenaghan is a very active player in tournaments like IPL, BBL, CPL and in the T20 blast as well.

Here is the list of players who have been contracted by the teams,

Auckland: Finn Allen, Michael Barry, Graeme Beghin. Jamie Brown. Craig Cachopa, Mark Chapman, Danru Ferns, Michael Guptill-Bunce, Ben Horne,Ben Lister, Mitchell McClenaghan, Matt McEwan, Robbie O’Donnell, Glenn Phillips, Sean Solia, Will Somerville

Canterbury: Chad Bowes, Jack Boyle. Blake Coburn, Leo Carter, Andrew Ellis, Cameron Fletcher, Andrew Hazeldine, Kyle Jamieson, Ken McClure, Cole McConchie, Stephen Murdoch, Ed Nuttall, Fraser Sheat, Henry Shipley, Will Williams, Theo van Woerkom

Central Districts: Doug Bracewell, Tom Bruce, Josh Clarkson, Dane Cleaver, Greg Hay, Christian Leopard, Willem Ludick, Ryan McCone, Ajaz Patel, Navin Patel, Seth Rance, Bevan Small, Ben Smith, Blair Tickner, Ben Wheeler, Will Young

Northern Districts: James Baker. Peter Bocock. Dean Brownlie. Henry Cooper, Sean Davey. Matthew Fisher, Daniel Flynn. Zak Gibson, Brett Hampton, Nick Kelly, Scott Kuggeleijn, Daryl Mitchell, Bharat Popli, Brett Randell, Tim Seifert, Joe Walker

Otago: Matt Bacon, Warren Barnes, Neil Broom, Mark Craig, Jacob Duffy, Josh Finnie, Shawn Hicks, Josh Tasman-Jones, Anaru Kitchen, Michael Rae, Mitch Renwick, Michael Rippon, Hamish Rutherford, Nathan Smith, Christi Viljoen, Brad Wilson

Wellington: Hamish Bennett. Tom Blundell. Michael Bracewell, Devon Conway, Andrew Fletcher, Lauchie Johns, Iain McPeake, Jimmy Neesham, Ollie Newton, Malcolm Nofal, Jeetan Patel, Rachin Ravindra, Ben Sears, Logan van Beek, Luke Woodcock, Peter Younghusband