Shahid Afridi will return to play for Hampshire Royals in their T20 quarter-final.

The Pakistani all-rounder missed the team’s final group game after returning home to be with his father who has since passed away.

The Royals were optimistic Afridi would return and have now had that news confirmed.

Hampshire host Durham Dynamos at the Rose Bowl for the T20 quarter-final on Sunday, August 7.