WATCH Shaheen Afridi Wreaks Havoc in T20 Blast; Becomes 1st Bowler to Take 4 Wickets in The Opening Over

 Vitality Blast 2023 witnessed an exhilarating hassle between Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire in the North Group at Trent Bridge. The match saw Nottinghamshire’s Shaheen Afridi breathe fire as he dismissed four batters in the opening over of the alternate innings and came the first bowler to do so in the history of T20 justice.

Opting to coliseum first after winning the toss, Warwickshire confined Nottinghamshire to an aggregate of 168 runs in their distributed 20 overs. Nottinghamshire’s innings got off to a shaky launch, with Alex Hales and Joe Clarke departing beforehand. Tom Moores also stood up for his side and played an explosive knock to bail them out of peril.

 still, despite Moores ’ heroics, the rest of the Nottinghamshire fur lineup plodded to contribute significantly. Hasan Ali and Jake Lintott were the picks of the bowlers for Warwickshire, taking three lattices each, while Glenn Maxwell minced in with two lattices.

Chasing a target of 169 runs, Warwickshire faced many early lapses courtesy of a sensational opening over from Nottinghamshire leader Shaheen. The 23- time-old attachment extorted annihilation in the Warwickshire by dismissing four of their batters in the first over itself and getting the first bowler to achieve the feat in a T20 game.

The first gate for Shaheen came in the form of Alex Davies off a yorker-length delivery. The left-arm fast bowler also gutted up Chris Benjamin for a duck on the veritably coming ball. Meanwhile, Dan Mousley and Ed Barnard further went on to come Shaheen’s third and fourth victims. The Pakistan cricketer was pumped up after the major feat and celebrated in style.

Chasing a target of 169 runs, Warwickshire faced many early lapses courtesy of a sensational opening over from Nottinghamshire leader Shaheen. The 23- time-old attachment extorted annihilation in the Warwickshire by dismissing four of their batters in the first over itself and getting the first bowler to achieve the feat in a T20 game.

The first gate for Shaheen came in the form of Alex Davies off a yorker-length delivery. The left-arm fast bowler also gutted up Chris Benjamin for a duck on the veritably coming ball. Meanwhile, Dan Mousley and Ed Barnard further went on to come Shaheen’s third and fourth victims. The Pakistan cricketer was pumped up after the major feat and celebrated in style.

Coming back to the match, despite the terrible launch, Warwickshire managed to pull off a palm against Nottinghamshire. Robert Yates played remarkable innings for his platoon and scored emotionally 65 runs off 46 deliveries. Although Warwickshire fumbled a bit towards the end and lost many quick lattices, their lower-order batters held their whim-whams and achieved the target with five balls to spare.

Shaheen finished as the most successful bowler for Nottinghamshire with a brilliant spell of four lattices for 29 runs in his share of four overs. Jake Ball also contributed well, taking three lattices, but it wasn’t enough as Warwickshire surfaced as the winners and settled a hard-fought two lattices palm.

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