Former Hampshire bowler Nathan Rimmington has signed for Derbyshire as one of their T20 overseas players. 

The Melbourne Renegades paceman, who appeared for Hampshire briefly in 2014, will represent the county for the entire T20 Blast, alongside Kiwi Martin Guptill and Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan, who will share Derbyshire's other overseas spot.

Derbyshire's elite performance director Graeme Welch said: “Nathan brings a wealth of experience bowling at the death which will be vital as we look to progress in the NatWest T20 Blast.

“People will have watched him in the Big Bash and know the quality he will bring to the side.

“Not only will he be a valuable asset at the end of the innings, he will also provide us with a proven strike bowler with the new ball.

“The club are working on bringing Nathan over early in order for him to be available to play league cricket from April which will be an ideal way to get him match fit, settled and ready to go for the first game in May.”

British passport holder Rimmington was considering playing for Hampshire as a non-overseas player before establishing himself at Western Australia with 32 wickets at 23 apiece to help his state to this weekend’s Sheffield Shield final.

Other former Hampshire players to sign for new counties as overseas stars for this year’s T20 Blast include Shahid Afridi (Northants), Sohail Tanvir (Somerset) and Glenn Maxwell (Yorkshire).