Middelsex hoping to sign South Africa's Makhaya Ntini

Captain Shaun Udal says Middlesex are close to signing South Africa paceman Makhaya Ntini as a Kolpak player.

Speculation that Ntini is set to retire from Test cricket has gathered pace after he was left out of South Africa's side to face England in the third Test.

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