Shaheen Shah Afridi flopped badly with the ball (PC:Video Screenshot)
New Delhi.The condition of Pakistan star Shaheen Shah Afridi is bad in England. He is trying a million times to do good, but his every effort is going in vain. Afridi is currently playing for Nottinghamshire in the Vitality T20 Blast. He landed on the field against Worcestershire. This was his 5th match in this tournament. After getting beaten in the last 4 matches, he single-handedly tried to win here, but once again he missed.
Batting first, Worcestershire made a mountain of 226 runs in 20 overs. Captain Brett scored 44 runs in 21 balls, Michael Bracewell hit 55 runs in 27 balls. Adam Hoss scored an unbeaten 51 off 27 balls. Worcestershire’s batsmen tore Afridi of Nottinghamshire to pieces. About 2 boundaries came out in his every over. Afridi gave away 45 runs in 4 overs. After which abusive words are also being said about him on social media.
Afridi could not stop the run
The most experienced bowler Afridi could not stop the runs for his team, due to which the team had to bear the brunt, as well as his stormy innings also got ruined. Nottinghamshire came on the field chasing the target of 227 runs. Apart from Alex Hales, no batsman could walk. Hales hit 71 runs in 35 balls. The condition of Nottinghamshire had worsened.
Shaheen Afridi smashes Michael Bracewell for FOUR sixes. He scored 29 runs off just 11 balls 🔥🔥🔥 #T20Blast #Blast23 pic.twitter.com/0AbgjgxJK8
— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) June 2, 2023
📹 A man in form 😎
Hales moves onto 60 with a six.
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— Notts Outlaws 🏹 (@TrentBridge) June 2, 2023
29 runs off 11 balls
Although at one time Shaheen raised the hopes of the team with his batting. He hit 29 runs in 11 balls. Afridi hit 4 sixes in the 16th over of Bracewell. However, in the next over, he got caught on the ball of Patrick Brown and lost his wicket.
PLAY | Hales and Clarke are in the middle with Pennington set to bowl the opening over for the Rapids.
227 the target.
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When Afridi returned to the pavilion, Nottinghamshire had lost their 8th wicket for 160 runs in 16.3 overs. After this, the team got reduced in the next 10 runs only. The runs Afridi had looted from bowling, his team was overshadowed and his team lost the match by 56 runs.
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