By India Today Sports Desk: Nottinghamshire quick bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi was at his stupendous finest within the T20 Blast 2023 match on Friday, June 30 towards the Birmingham Bears. At the Trent Bridge in Nottingham, the left-arm pacer completed with figures of 4-0-29-4 to provide a glimpse of the injury he can do.
After the Outlaws requested the Bears to chase down 169, Afridi took his crew off to an unbelievable begin. His first supply was a tad wayward as he leaked 5 wides, however from there on, he didn’t look again.
Starting with, Shaheen dismissed Alex Davies with a lethal in-swinging yorker. Davies perished for a golden duck. In the very subsequent ball, Afridi rattled Chris Benjamin’s woodwork with a low full-toss after the batter went for a pre-meditated scoop.
With Afridi on a hat-trick, Dan Mousley picked up a single, after which opener Robert Yates obtained a single as effectively. But Afridi wasn’t completed for that over by any stretch of the creativeness. He dismissed Mousley after Olly Stone took a surprising catch at quick cowl.
Shaheen saved rising in stature after he ripped the poles of Ed Bernard to be on a hat-trick for the second time within the match. However, Glenn Maxwell obtained a single within the first ball of the third over to disclaim Afridi the hat-trick. In the meantime, Afridi’s figures within the first over learn 1-0-7-4.
Afridi’s efforts couldn’t pay dividends because the Outlaws misplaced the match by two wickets. Yates, who witnessed all of the carnage from the opposite finish within the first over, stayed not out on 65 runs off 46 balls with the assistance of three fours and 5 sixes.
Later, Maxwell, Jacob Bethell and Jake Lintott scored 19, 27 and 27 not out to take the Bears previous the end line with 5 balls left of their innings.
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