Pakistan fast bowler, Shaheen Shah Afridi continued from where he left off in the Test series against Australia at home when he cleaned up Marnus Labuschagne yet again, but this time in England while playing in the County Championship for Middlesex against Glamorgan. Afridi managed to generate some extra bounce on the delivery from a short of good length spot which Labuschagne tried to fend away with a nonchalant leave.
However, the pace on the delivery found the rear end of Marnus Labuschange’s bat and he was played on for eight runs. The wicket was Shaheen’s first in County cricket and was shared on Twitter by Middlsex’s official handle.
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They captioned the video as: “SHAHEEN BOWLS MARNUS Take a look at how @iShaheenAfridi removed Marnus Labuschagne Not a bad first @CountyChamp wicket, eh? #OneMiddlesex.”
📺 | SHAHEEN BOWLS MARNUS
Take a look at how @iShaheenAfridi removed Marnus Labuschagne 🔥Not a bad first @CountyChamp wicket, eh?#OneMiddlesex pic.twitter.com/Rpp0UXRx5r
— Middlesex Cricket (@Middlesex_CCC) April 21, 2022
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This wasn’t the first time that Shaheen Afridi had got the better of Labuschagne. In the recently concluded Australia’s tour of Pakistan, Shaheen had dismissed the Australian batter in each of the three Tests at least once, proving to be a sort of a nemesis on sub-continent pitches.
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Marnus Labuschagne’s wicket triggered a small collapse and Middlesex was at one stage reeling at 30 runs for the loss of five wickets. Pacer Toby Roland-Jones managed to scalp a couple of wickets as well.
Sam Northeast was also removed by Shaheen for a duck on the very first ball and that left the pacer on an opportunity to get a hat-trick. However, Kiran Carlson survived a huge appeal down the leg-side and denied Shaheen a brilliant start in County cricket.
