Jason Sangha returning home for T20 cameo with former club Wallsend

Jason Sangha playing Big Bash League for the Sydney Thunder. Picture by Keegan Carroll

NSW and Big Bash League representative Jason Sangha will return home for a cameo with former club Wallsend this week.

The Tigers meet the Waratahs (Waratah-Mayfield) at No.1 Sportsground on Wednesday (6pm) as part of Newcastle's T20 Summer Bash.

Wallsend captain Jacob Montgomery confirmed the move on Monday.

Sangha will be looking for some valuable time in the middle, having endured a lean trot in the professional ranks this season.

The 24-year-old, a right-handed batsman and leg-spin bowler, played for Sydney outfit Randwick-Petersham on the weekend after not travelling to Perth with the NSW squad.

The Blues are in the midst of a Sheffield Shield match against Western Australia following a One-Day Cup game at the end of last week.

Toby Gray, a teammate of Sangha at the Sydney Thunder, returned to old side Belmont in a T20 Summer Bash double header at Cahill Oval last month fresh off his own BBL debut.

Newcastle District Cricket Association chairman Aaron Gray said he was pleased to see local products coming back to take part in the stand-alone competition.

"Current BBL players in the T20 Summer Bash is great for regional cricket and massive upside for Newcastle cricket," Gray told the Newcastle Herald.

The Tigers and Waratahs both need to win the upcoming midweek fixture to have any chance of advancing to next month's quarter-finals.

Sangha, already aligned with Wallsend, doesn't count as a marquee player.