Birmingham: Left-arm Pakistani fast bowler Shaheen Afridi says he is overwhelmed by the support England fans have shown him so far. Shaheen, who successfully led PSL franchise Lahore Qalandars to back-to-back titles in the last two years, was speaking exclusively. worldly news After his team Nottinghamshire Outlaws beat hosts Birmingham Bears in a T20 Blast match at Edgbaston Stadium Birmingham.
During the match, hundreds of Shaheen’s fans in the stadium were mainly from Birmingham and supported the home team to victory, but also supported Shaheen whenever he was bowling or fielding near the boundary line throughout the match.
Shaheen Afridi’s fans waited patiently for almost an hour after the match to get his autograph or take a selfie with him.
Usually, the players of the visiting team leave immediately after the match as they have to go back to their hometown but Shaheen obeyed the wishes of the fans and stayed to ensure that they came.
“It’s really nice to see so many supporters around. These are our own people who are supporting me wherever I play so they come to support me whether I’m batting, bowling or fielding. I’m very grateful. To all the supporters.”
It has been the case throughout the T20 Blast tournament that wherever Shaheen is playing, be it home ground Trent Bridge or Old Trafford in Manchester, Edgbaston in Birmingham or any other ground, hundreds of fans throng the stadium to watch him in action up close.
“In all our matches especially at Trent Bridge Nottingham, the home ground of my team Outlaws, the Pakistani community has come in large numbers and it feels really good. I still had good support in Birmingham today, who appreciated my performance, supported me and cheered me on.”
Batting first, Shaheen’s Nottinghamshire Outlaws started to beat Alex Hales but lost 3 wickets in the allotted 20 overs and scored 214 runs.
Opener Joe Clarke scored an unbeaten 89 off 53 balls and Colin Munro scored another scintillating half-century. Kiwi player Munro scored 87 runs off just 43 balls.
In reply, Birmingham Bears got off to a steady start but in the 4th over, Shaheen first dismissed Moeen Ali and then the in-form Alex Davies.
He conceded just 13 runs in his first two overs and claimed wickets for both the Bears’ openers.
Shaheen got his third wicket in the 17th over, he could have finished with more wickets but didn’t get much support from the Nottingham fielders.
Despite another heroic innings from Sam Hayne, Birmingham Bears fell behind by 11 runs. Hayne scored an unbeaten 97 off just 52 balls.
Shaheen finished with bowling figures of three for 39, his best bowling performance to date. Although the Outlaw fielders did not perform well, Shaheen was satisfied with the team’s overall performance.
“The team played really well, but the credit should go to our batsmen. The pitches here have been playing very well and many games have seen more than 200 runs. So the batsmen performed well and gave us enough runs to bowl aggressively. In doing so we got wickets and The spinners also played a good role.”
So far in the T20 Blast, Shaheen has played in all matches for Nottinghamshire Outlaws with 8 wickets in six matches and 220 runs at an average of 9 runs per over.
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