Pakistani pacer Haris Rauf makes historic achievement with his stunning performances

Pakistani pacer Haris Rauf makes historic achievement with his stunning performances

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani pacer Haris Rauf makes historic achievement with his stunning performances.

Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf has been included in the Big Bash League season nine team of the year after his stunning performances over the course of the event, despite not being a regular feature in the Melbourne Stars side.

Rauf was one of the revelations of the tournament, after being brought in as a replacement by the Stars for the injured South African pacer Dale Steyn, claiming 16 wickets in seven regular matches, which includes a fifer and a hat-trick.

Having finished the regular season on top of the table, three players, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell along with Rauf, from the Melbourne Stars have been picked in the BBL 09 team of the year, selected by the coaches of the eight teams before the finals series.

Stoinis is the tournament’s leading run-scorer with 612 runs while Maxwell is the captain of the team of the year on the back his performance in the field, both as a player and the captain of the Stars.