Surrey are hoping to sign Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar to help their fight against relegation over the next month.

Currently bottom of the LV County Championship Division One table by 18 points with only three matches to play, Surrey are strong favourites to be one of the two teams to go down.

But cricket manager Alan Butcher is planning to have Shoaib available in time for next week's crunch match against title-chasing Kent at Canterbury.

"We have made contact, we have spoken wi

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