Shaheen Afridi breaks world record for taking most wickets in 1st over of a T20 innings
Nottinghamshire Outlaws fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi was at his stupendous best in the T20 Blast 2023 match on Friday, June 30 against the Birmingham Bears. Shaheen Afridi has broken the record for most wickets taken in 1st over of a T20 innings’.
Four wickets were taken by the 23-year-old in the opening over of the Birmingham Bears’ innings. After dismissing Chris Benjamin, Dan Mousley, and Ed Barnard on the second, fifth, and sixth deliveries, respectively, Afridi dismissed Alex Davies with the first legitimate ball.
Shaheen Shah Afridi breaks the record of most wickets in 1st over in T20 Blast
At the Trent Bridge in Nottingham, the left-arm pacer Shahid Afridi finished with figures of 4-0-29-4 to give a glimpse of the damage he can do. After the Outlaws asked the Bears to chase down 169, Afridi took his team off to an incredible start. His first delivery was a tad wayward as he leaked five wides, but from there on, he did not look back.
Shaheen firstly threw out Alex Davies with a lethal in-swinging yorker. Davies died in order to get a golden duck. The batter attempted a deliberate scoop with the very next ball, and Afridi rocked Chris Benjamin’s woodwork with a low full-toss.
Dan Mousley hit a single while Afridi was already on three, and then starter Robert Yates hit a single as well. Afridi, however, wasn’t by any means done playing after that. After Olly Stone made a stunning catch at short cover, he dismissed Mousley.
After shredding Ed Bernard’s poles to become on a hat-trick for the second time in the match, Shaheen continued to gain strength. To prevent Afridi from completing his hat-trick, Glenn Maxwell scored a single on the first ball of the third over. Afridi’s first over statistics in the meantime read 1-0-7-4.
Shaheen Afridi’s ripping goes in vain as Outlaws were defeated by 2 wickets
Despite Afridi’s best efforts, the Outlaws were defeated by two wickets. Yates, who watched the entire bloodbath in the first over from the other end, managed to stay unbeaten on 65 runs off of 46 balls thanks to three fours and five sixes.
Later, with five balls remaining in their innings, Maxwell, Jacob Bethell, and Jake Lintott scored 19, 27, and 27 without being stopped to help the Bears cross the finish line.
Squads
Notts Outlaws – Ben Slater, Haseeb Hameed, Ben Duckett, Joe Clarke, Lyndon James, Steven Mullaney, Tom Moores, Liam Patterson-White, Luke Fletcher, Olly Stone, Tom Loten, Dane Paterson (South Africa), Colin Munro (New Zealand – Vitality Blast), Shaheen Shah Afridi (Pakistan – Vitality Blast)
Birmingham Bears – Will Rhodes, Henry Brookes, Michael Burgess, Oliver Hannon-Dalby, Sam Hain, Liam Norwell, Robert Yates, Alex Davies, Jacob Bethell, Manraj Johal, Moeen Ali, Ed Barnard, Chris Rushworth, Hassan Ali (Pakistan – until the end of July), Glenn Maxwell (Australia – Vitality Blast)
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