Haseeb looking to resurrect career under

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HASEEB Hameed will look to resurrect his career with the help of Peter Moores at Nottinghamshire.

The batsman was released by Lancashire at the end of last season after three years in which he struggled for form.

The former Bolton School pupil was seen by many as the long-term replacement for Alastair Cook in the England Test side when in 2016, aged just 19, he impressed on the tour of India following a record-breaking first full campaign for the Red Rose in the County Championship.

He made a pair of assured half-centuries in trying conditions at Rajkot and Mohali, but sat out the rest of the tour after breaking a finger.

However, his dogged style of play earned him the nicknames ‘ baby Boycott’ and ‘ the Bolton wall’ as he looked comfortable occupying the crease for long periods.

He signed a four-year Lancashire deal ahead of the 2016 campaign, and was named the club’s Player of the Year that summer after becoming the fifth youngest batsman to score more than 1,000 runs in a campaign.

But he has struggled for form since then and in 2018 he averaged just 9.44.

Despite starting last season with a century against Middlesex, he again struggled and lost his place in the Lancashire side which coasted to the Division Two title.

It was announced he was being released a month before the end of the campaign, and now he is back in Division Two after Nottinghamshire’s relegation last season.

“This is a new chapter in both my life and career and I’m full of excitement to start working with my