Shaheen Afridi bowled a wide ranging opening over as he took 4 wickets in his first over for Nottinghamshire on Friday towards Birmingham in T20 Blast. In doing so, he turned the primary bowler declare 4 wickets within the opening over of a T20 innings.
Whereas defending a complete of 169 runs, Afridi made a sloppy begin to the over by giving 5 runs by a large supply.
Nevertheless, he returned with a bang on the following ball, as he trapped Alex Davies lbw by an inswinging Yorker.
Shaheen was on a hat-trick as he additionally clear bowled Chris Benjamin on the following ball.
The left-arm pacer couldn’t full his hat-trick however struck on the fifth bowl of the over, as he eliminated Dan Mousley, courtesy of a surprising catch by Olly Stone at quick cowl.
Shaheen ended the over with one other wonderful supply as he plucked out the off stump of Ed Barnard, leaving Birmingham reeling at 7-Four after the primary over of their innings.
Shaheen Afridi, you can not try this!! ? https://t.co/ehXxmtz6rX pic.twitter.com/wvibWa17zA
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Regardless of Shaheen’s heroics, Birmingham went onto chase the goal, courtesy of a superb 65-run knock by Rob Yates. Afridi completed with figures of 4/29 after 4 overs.
Whereas speaking about his first over, Shaheen stated, “I had never before taken four wickets in my first over. Though winning the game would have been much better, it still felt amazing. We, unfortunately, came up short.”
