WATCH: Shaheen Afridi becomes first bowler to take 4 wickets in first over of T20 game
The 23-year-old fast bowler claims wickets on the first, second, fifth and sixth balls of his opening over during the Vitality Blast
July 01, 2023
Pakistan ace pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi achieved a historic feat on Friday, becoming the first bowler to take four wickets in the first over of a T20 match.
Shaheen bowled an amazing opening over for Nottinghamshire against Warwickshire in the T20 Vitality Blast on Friday (June 30).
The 23-year-old fast bowler claimed the wickets on the first, second, fifth and sixth balls of the maiden over.
He dismissed opener Alex Davies LBW with a yorker and bowled our Chris Benjamin before Dan Mousley was sent off by playing straight into the hands of Olly Stone.
Shaheen then bowled out Ed Barnard to complete his four-wicket haul in the first over of the match.
The pacer only gave 29 runs, however, and his side lost the match against Warwickshire by two wickets.
The Bears chased down the 169-run target in 19.1 overs. Opener Robert Yates smacked 65 runs off 46 balls and led his team to a two-wicket victory.
Glenn Maxwell, Jacob Bethell and Jake Lintott scored 19, 27 and 27 not out, respectively, and provided the finishing touches.
Currently, the Bears are at the top of the points table in the North Group, with 10 wins in 13 matches. On the other hand, Nottinghamshire are in fourth place as they have won seven matches out of 13.
This is the 21st edition of the tournament which was the first precision T20 league when it started in June 2003 as the Twenty20 Cup.
Shaheen signed for Nottinghamshire Outlaws for this year’s Blast. In the 2020 edition of the tournament, he briefly represented Hampshire Hawks. In a match against Middlesex, he took four wickets on four deliveries.
