The Indian cricketers have been doing pretty well in the ongoing County Championship 2922. Spinner Washington Sundar, who was playing his debut match for Lancashire, had a dream start as he managed to scalp four wickets and helped his side to get in a strong position against Northamptonshire.
The right-arm spinner bowled with excellent control over his line and lengths and did not let any opposition batters dominate against him. Sundar bowled 20 overs and gave just 69 runs and scalped four crucial wickets for his team on Day 1 and he would be looking to continue his performance on Day 2 as well.
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At first, Washington Sundar got the wicket opposition skipper Will Young who was looking to cut a short-length delivery but could only manage an edge that was safely pouched by the wicketkeeper Dane Vilas.
As starts go… 😏
A first @CountyChamp wicket for @Sundarwashi5 with just his second ball! 👏🇮🇳
🌹 #RedRoseTogether pic.twitter.com/adEQTae9oc
— Lancashire Cricket (@lancscricket) July 19, 2022
After taking his first wicket, WashingtonnSundar got the better off South Africa batter Ryan Rickleton as he trapped him right in front of the wicket with a delivery which came in with the arm.
😵💫 @Sundarwashi5 🇮🇳
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— Lancashire Cricket (@lancscricket) July 19, 2022
Washinton Sundar then got the big wicket of Rob Keogh, who was playing well after surpassing the 50-run mark. As the batter tried to drive a delivery outside off-stump, the ball took the edge and Luke Wells completed an excellent reflex catch in the slips.
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Sundar capped off his brilliant day after trapping batter Tom Taylor right in front of the wicket as he looked to play the reverse-sweep and missed. Here are the videos of the dismissals:
That is ridiculous, @luke_wells07! 🤯
A third for @Sundarwashi5 👏
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— Lancashire Cricket (@lancscricket) July 19, 2022
🔥🇮🇳 @Sundarwashi5
🌹 #RedRoseTogether https://t.co/y5EQfe48U5 pic.twitter.com/Hhy8aT10YP
— Lancashire Cricket (@lancscricket) July 19, 2022
For Northamptonshire, the wicket-keeper batter, Lewis McManus played an unbeaten knock of stood unbeaten on 59 at the end of Day 1, and he will be looking to take his team to a competitive total. Lancashire also has a strong batting line-up, and they will be looking to wrap up their opponents’ first innings as soon as possible and post a big total to get ahead in the match. After showing his capabilities with the ball, Washington Sundar will be expected to make contributions with bat as well.
