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By Paul Eddison
MIDDLESEX are banking on the unique talent of Afghanistan teenager Mujeeb Ur Rahman to spearhead their T20 Blast challenge after signing him up for 2019.
The 17-year-old returns to England for a second successive summer, having played for Hampshire in the shortest form of the game last season.
He took nine wickets, joint second for the south-coast side, while bowling at an economy rate of just over seven, behind only Dale Steyn.
And Middlesex head coach Stuart Law expects Mujeeb to have a major impact as his side look to bounce back from a lastplace fini...