Watch: Shaheen Shah Afridi makes memorable debut within the Hundred with gorgeous ball to Phil Salt

By India Today Sports Desk: Shaheen Shah Afridi made his debut within the Hundred for the Welsh Fire on Wednesday, August 2 and made an affect instantly. The left-arm quick bowler performed in opposition to the Manchester Originals on the Sophia Gardens in Cardiff and checked out his perfect proper from the outset.

After being requested to chase down 95 in a rain-curtailed 40-ball match, the Originals misplaced their first two wickets within the first two balls of their innings. In the very first ball of the over, Shaheen produced an absolute peach of a Yorker and Phil Salt was caught napping.

Shaheen appealed and the umpire raised his fingers. On the very subsequent ball, Shaheen dismissed Laurie Evans with one other toe-crusher. Both Evans and Salt perished for golden geese because the Fire bought off to an excellent begin with the ball in hand.

On the again of his good spell of bowling, the Fire went on to beat the Fire by 9 runs. Shaheen ended with stupendous figures of 10-3-24-2. His Pakistani teammate Haris Rauf was hit for a six by Jos Buttler, however he conceded solely 15 runs off his two units of 5 balls.

Buttler and Max Holden scored 37 runs apiece, however their valiant efforts went in. As far as Shaheen is worried, he has been good, particularly in first overs.

Later this yr, Shaheen could be anticipated to play a key position when Pakistan play within the World Cup 2023 on Indian soil. The southpaw not too long ago performed for Pakistan and picked up his one hundredth Test wicket within the opening Test in opposition to Sri Lanka in Galle.