http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 on a Rampage playing for Hampshire-Cricket News
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hampshire-c789’s latest addition as an overseas player has helped his team in only his second and third game for the county club when he clobbered a match-winning innings in the ongoing Friends Life T20 tournament
against Sussex.
In this clash, the mightiest hitter of the ball, smacked 29 runs off 17 deliveries, leaving the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sussex-c852 bowlers in utter disbelief as the defending champions bolstered a total of 126 runs on a difficult wicket.
Opening the innings for Hampshire, Afridi took the opposition early on, it is needed to remember that the player has not been opening for Pakistan as he has been performing commendably well for the home side by batting later in the innings, however, the
management in Hampshire have sought to use the player more as an opener than a late order batsman in the team.
Coming back in his opening role, the cricketer did not disappoint anyone as he left his critics awestruck by ripping the pride out of the Sussex bowling arsenal. Initially, 29 might not have seemed like a big tally but by the end of the game it was enough
to leave the batsman as the highest scorer of the match.
The innings that earned him the title of the man of the match, included two boundaries and two sixes. His blistering knock came to an end when after facing 17 deliveries he was bowled by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Monty-Panesar-c2024.
It was not just with the bat, that the all-rounder struck gold, but he was equally devastating with the ball in his hand as he snatched three wickets in three overs by conceding only 10 runs. In his very first over he got rid of one down batsman Lou Vincent
(11) and then opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LJ-Wright-c1841 (24), putting his side in command.
Later in his spell, he grabbed the wicket of Ben Brown when the batsman had scored only 2 runs, after this wicket, Sussex looked like asking for a miracle to happen to comeback in the match, however, they fell to their ultimate demise after posting a tally
of 91 runs, giving Hampshire another victory.
Afridi, who last month retired from international cricket after he was relinquished from the national team’s captaincy, seems to be in impeccable form.
The 31-year old all-rounder had to fight for his right to play in the ongoing county tournament after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) terminated his No- Objection Certificate (NOC) for blasting at the officials of the board. However, the matter was resolved
after political interference and the PCB finally allowed the player to take part in the event.
Tags: