Naseem Shah, Pakistan’s fast bowling sensation, once again showed his magic when he sent back England skipper Joe Root with an unplayable delivery on Day 1 of the third Test match at The Rose Bowl in Southampton, on Friday (August 21).
The 17-year-old picked Root’s wicket with an immaculate swing delivery.
Naseem bowled a good length delivery, but the ball took an outside edge off Root’s bat at lightning speed before wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan took a brilliant catching in front of first slip.
As the England captain slowly made his way back to the pavilion, still searching for a big score this summer, he had a wry smile on his face. As ಞif🧸 wondering, how to play such a delivery.
Here’s the video:
A very good ball.
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However, Pakistan’s happiness was short-lived on the opening day as from thereon, centurion Zak Crawley and wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler stitched an unbroken 205-run stand for the fifth wicket to take England to a commanding position at stumps – 332/4.
The likes of Shaheen Afridi, Naseem, Yasir Shah and Fawad Alam combined to account for all breakthroughs but remained expensi🍷ve. On the other hand, Mohammad Abbas maintained his line and length but failed to pick any wicket.
