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(VIDEO): Pakistani pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi 4 for 4 in the T20 blast

(VIDEO): Pakistani pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi 4 for 4 in the T20 blast

Sunday evening belonged to Pakistani cricketers in England’s T20 Blast asShaheen Afridi and Imad Wasim won man of the match awards in theirrespective games while Babar Azam scored a good-looking 42 albeit in alosing cause.

Shaheen Afridi wreaked havoc with the ball while defending a sub-par totalas he claimed 6 wickets for 19 runs in his 4 overs, helping his team endtheir losing streak. Although his team is out of the quarter-finals,Shaheen took 4 wickets in 4 balls to become the first Pakistani pacer toachieve the feat. He is the 6th bowler overall to have done the same.——————————

Shaheen’s 6-19 is the best bowling figure by any Hampshire bowler and he isonly the second bowler for the club to take a hat-trick in the shortestformat. He uprooted the stumps of John Simpson, Steven Finn, ThilanWalallawita, and Tim Murtagh in consecutive balls to achieve the rare featas Middlesex were bowled out for 121.

On the other hand, Imad Wasim scored an unbeaten 26 followed by figures of2-24 and two run-outs to steer his team to victory over Durham. His team,Nottinghamshire (Notts) Outlaws have also qualified for the quarter-Finals.Watch Video here:link