The ongoing County Championship 2022 has witnessed some of the most exciting games so far, be it Cheteshwar Pujara’s blistering batting performance or Pakistan pace spearhead Shaheen Afridi taking wickets consistently. Apart from that, there was also a memorable moment as far as fielding is concerned when Stuart Broad did celebrate the run-out of Luke Fletcher.
Lately, another player found a special mention in this list and he happens to be Shaheen Afridi’s Pakistan teammate Mohammad Abbas. It is to be noted that Abbas did not bowl a dream delivery but rather it was a comedy of errors from the batter, Tom Abell that earned him a wicket as the latter tried to defend the stumps during a match between Somerset and Hampshire.
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The incident took place in the 25th over of Somerset’s innings. On the fourth delivery of that over, Abbas bowled a length ball just outside the off-stump which Tom Abell managed to defend well. Unfortunately for him, the ball rolled back after he played a defensive shot and the batter tried his level best to avoid it from making contact with the stumps. However, that was not to be as he unknowingly ended up kicking the ball back to the stumps and the bails were dislodged.
Here is the video of this hilarious dismissal that was posted by a fan on Twitter:
This sport is crap pic.twitter.com/kgqrKwm134
— Alasdair 🇳🇦🇳🇿 (@Alasdair333) May 19, 2022
Mohammad Abbas might have gotten a lucky wicket but, a gutted Tom Abell had no choice other than to take a long walk back to the pavilion as he managed to score just six runs from 25 deliveries.
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After the captain’s dismissal, Somerset could not show much intent as they lost wickets at regular intervals despite winning the toss and deciding to have a bat first. They eventually got bundled out for a meager score of 211 before the end of the first day’s play. Abbas, on the other hand, took 2/21 in his 17 overs. Hampshire ended the day on 29 without losing a wicket.
