In the ongoing T20 Blast in England, Warwickshire beat Nottinghamshire by two wickets in a nail-biting thriller. In the North Group match at Trent Bridge in Nottingham, the hosts batted first and scored a competitive total of 168. Chasing 169, despite a first-over four-wicket haul from Pakistan pacer Shaheen Afridi, Warwickshire made a comeback and won the game.
Chasing 169, Warwickshire got the worst possible start. In the very first over, Pakistani pacer Shaheen Afridi clinched four wickets to create a new world record. On the first legitimate delivery of the innings, the Pakistani paceman dismissed Warwickshire skipper and wicketkeeper-batsman Alex Davies for a golden duck. Davies was caught in front of the wickets and declared LBW.
Afridi then removed Chris Benjamin on the second ball. Benjamin, like Davies, went out in search of a golden duck. He had a clean dish. Shaheen fell short of a hat-trick but he did take two more wickets on the final two balls of the first over. On the fifth ball, he removed Dan Mousley, who was caught by Olly Stone for one from two balls, and clean-bowled Ed Barnard for a golden duck on the next bowl.
Here is the video:
Shaheen Shah Afridi took 4 wickets in the first over of the innings.
History in T20 Blast. pic.twitter.com/CtWmvUFaKn
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) June 30, 2023
Robert Yates scripted a historic comeback for Warwickshire
However, after that, Nottinghamshire never looked back in the game as Warwickshire made a great comeback. Opening batter Robert Yates scored a brilliant half-century and helped his team clinch the victory. Yates, in his innings, scored 65 runs off 46 balls with the help of five sixes and three boundaries. He was well supported by Glenn Maxwell, Jacob Bethell, and Jake Lintott.
Maxwell, in his innings, scored 19 runs off 12 balls with the help of two boundaries and a six. He, along with Yates, added 42 runs for the fifth wicket. After his departure, Yates got support from Bethell, who scored 27 runs off 21 balls. Both added 69 runs for the sixth wicket. In the end, Lintott’s 27-run innings helped Warwickshire create history.
Here is how fans reacted to Shaheen Afridi’s bowling performance:
He is so consistent with the first over charisma… Respect for @iShaheenAfridi
— Salman Mahfooz (@crpian05) June 30, 2023
Nightmares for Indians ????
— Aoon The Traveller (@aoonsafdar) June 30, 2023
— Jim Is Here To Take Care of Him (@RoastHimJim) July 1, 2023
The Fire Extinguisher pic.twitter.com/ObyJevAd8W
— Suraj Menon (@SurajTweettss) June 30, 2023
Getting wickets against village cricketers ain't really an achievement ?
— RohitBlade45 (@ranzblade45) June 30, 2023
Got to be Crazy to give the first Dismisaal as LBW out, ball was clearly going down.
Fantastically bowled but.
— SRG (@TweetbySRG) June 30, 2023
Hyping blast in 23
Where bowlers hit centuries ?— VISH ? (@ROLEGANDU) June 30, 2023
He has done that before too not in first over but in death overs in the same league 4 wickets in one over some years ago
— Umar Khalil??? (@umarslogy) June 30, 2023
Despite all this, still Birmingham ended up winning this????????
— Kartik Gupta (@Kartik10081) July 1, 2023
Batting is below par. And the first wicket shows umpiring also is below par. Bowling was always below par.
— seaweedbrain0424 (@karsomnath2404) July 1, 2023
FIRST ONE WAS CLEARLY NOT OUT
EVEN IMPACT IS OUTSIDE ?
— Summu?? (@pagal_salaa) June 30, 2023
First over king and then after that quality batters feasts on his pies once the ball stops swinging! ?
— Troll cricket unlimitedd (@TUnlimitedd) June 30, 2023
First one was clearly missing the leg?
— Rishi (@_yoomann) June 30, 2023
