The bowling action of the premier Indian fast bowler, Jasprit Bumrah has always been a matter of discussion. Some players want to make headlines by copying their bowling action. Even former Indian skipper, Virat Kohli is seen copying Bumrah’s bowling action many times during practice. Now another incident has come to the fore when in the live match, the bowler starts bowling with Bumrah’s bowling action.
A similar incident is seen during the final match of Sheffield Shield 2022. Actually, Australian bowler, Nic Maddinson was seen bowling in Bumrah’s action during the second innings of Western Australia, at that time Aaron Hardy and Matthew Kelly were present at the crease.
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Victoria’s bowler Maddinson was seen using Bumrah’s action while bowling against Hardy. At the time when Nic Maddinson bowled like Bumrah, the 161st over of the second innings of Western Australia was going on.
On the very first ball, the Australian fast bowler delivered the ball in the action of asprit JBumrah, which fell outside the off-stump, to which the batsman did not react in any way. At the same time, Victoria’s fielder and wicketkeeper were seen smiling after seeing this style of their bowler.
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One should also be aware of the fact that in the final of Sheffield Shield, Western Australia scored 386 runs in the first innings, in response to which Victoria’s team got out after scoring 306 runs in their first innings. At the same time, in the second innings, Western Australia declared the innings after scoring 400/7.
Here is the video of the incident:
Nic Maddinson brings out the Bumrah! #SheffieldShield pic.twitter.com/rPQU5E7VW2
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) April 4, 2022
The Sheffield Shield final played between the two teams in Perth ended in a draw but Nic Maddinson’s bowling has made a lot of headlines. Even though the final match was a draw, in the last match, Western Australia defeated Victoria, due to which this season’s Sheffield Shield was declared to Western Australia. Cricket Australia has also shared the video of Maddison in which he was seen bowling the ball in Bumrah’s bowling action. After bowling, even Nic Maddinson could not stop laughing.
