The English spinner, Jack Leach, one of the very popular players in the cricketing fraternity in recent times, made headlines on Wednesday during Somerset’s County Championship game against Yorkshire. Coming at No. 9 in Taunton, Leach brought out a superb reverse sweep to smash the ball for a six.
Jack Leach, the unsung hero of England’s famous win at the Headingley Test against Australia in 2019, did something special with the bat on Wednesday during his County side Somerset’s match against Yorkshire at The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton.
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After deciding to bat first, Somerset amassed as many as 424 runs in the first innings and restricted Yorkshire to 167/4 till stumps on Day 2. However, during Yorkshire’s innings, Jack Leach played an audacious stroke in his breezy cameo of 18-ball 16 which went viral on social media in no time.
During the 116th over, bowled by Jack Shutt, Leach, a southpaw batter, switched to his right to play a reverse sweep. Jack Leach timed it so well that the ball went straight over deep point for six runs.
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England’s Barmy Army shared the clip on Twitter to lavish praise, and captioned it as: “Struggling through hump day? Fear not, here is Jack Leach hitting a reverse sweep for 6.” It was a pretty special shot from Leach, who is technically more of a defensive batter rather than the aggressive one.
Here’s the video of Jack Leach smashing six with a reverse sweep:
Struggling through hump day?
Fear not, here is Jack Leach hitting a reverse sweep for 6 😍 pic.twitter.com/zaA2tkohSC
— England's Barmy Army 🏴🎺 (@TheBarmyArmy) July 20, 2022
Somerset (Playing XI): Tom Lammonby, Matt Renshaw, Tom Abell (c), George Bartlett, Lewis Goldsworthy, James Rew (wk), Lewis Gregory, Kasey Aldridge, Jack Leach, Jack Brooks, Marchant de Lange
Yorkshire (Playing XI): Adam Lyth (c), Tom Kohler-Cadmore, George Hill, Harry Brook, Jonathan Tattersall (wk), Dominic Bess, Jordan Thompson, Matthew Revis, Jack Shutt, Matthew Waite, Shannon Gabriel
