IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCES FROM SHAHEEN, NASEEM, ZAMAN, & USAMA IN VITALITY BLAST 2023
VITALITY BLAST 2023:
Many Pakistani cricketers are currently playing in the 2023 edition of the Vitality Blast, and as always Pakistani cricketers are shining this premium English tournament as well.
Pakistani pacers Shaheen Shah, Naseem Shah, and Zaman Khan are having excellent seasons for their teams so far in the Vitality Blast 2023, leg-spinner Usama Mir is also showing his talent both in batting as well as bowling in the ongoing T20 league in England.
SHAHEEN SHAH AFRIDI:
The premium pacer of Pakistan, Shaheen Shah Afridi playing for Nottinghamshire is proving to be a proper match-winner for his team in the Vitality Blast 2023 season.
In his first 3 matches of the season, Shaheen Shah Afridi bowled some excellent bowling spells but is yet to get many wickets for his team still his bowling form is good enough to win games for his team.
- In the first match of the season, Shaheen Shah Afridi picked up 1 wicket but he gave away only 21 runs from his quota of four overs.
- In the third match of the season, Shaheen Shah Afridi came in the middle order and finished the game for his team with a quick-fire 17 runs from 12 balls, he also scored 2 sixes and a 1 four in his innings to win the second game of the season for his team.
| MATCHES | 3 |
| WICKETS | 3 |
| AVERAGE | 35 |
| ECONOMY | 8.6 |
USAMA MIR:
Usama Mir as we all know just continues to show his talent whenever he gets the opportunity for Pakistan and now for his team in the Vitality Blast 2023 where he was picked by Worcestershire Rapids.
The quality bowling of Usama Mir is what we all know but in this Vitality Blast, he is winning matches for his team with his batting as well and has shown everyone how capable a batsman he is in the lower middle-order for any team.
Usama Mir has stepped up with a bat in hand in the first two of the three matches he has played this season and provided the support which his team needed during the first innings of the match.
- In the first match of the season, Usama Mir scored an unbeaten knock of 20 runs from 7 balls in which he scored 2 sixes and 1 four, and in the second innings he finished with excellent figures of 3/21 in his four overs – the team won the match by 15 runs.
- In the third match of the season, Usama Mir scored an unbeaten cameo of 32 runs from just 15 balls in which he scored 2 sixes and 3 fours, and in the second innings he finished with an impressive spell of 2/33 in his four overs – eventually the team won the match by 33 runs.
| MATCHES | 3 |
| WICKETS | 5 |
| AVERAGE | 15.6 |
| ECONOMY | 6.5 |
ZAMAN KHAN:
Zaman Khan, as expected by his team has provided his team a very reliable bowling option on whom they can bank, he is always there to stand for the team with his performances as we have seen in the Pakistan Super League as well.
Zaman Khan has been the pick of the bowlers for the Derbyshire Team as he is the highest wicket-taker for his team in Vitality Blast this season, he has picked up 5 wickets in just 3 matches that too at a good economy rate of around 8 runs.
- In the second match of the season, Zaman Khan bowled his quota of 4 overs – he picked up 1 wicket but gave away just 30 runs and had a good start to start to the tournament.
- In his third match of the season, Zaman Khan bowled 3 overs for his team as well as death overs in which he picked up 2 wickets for his team and ended up with figures of 2/17 in his 3 overs of the match.
| MATCHES | 3 |
| WICKETS | 5 |
| AVERAGE | 17.6 |
| ECONOMY | 8.0 |
NASEEM SHAH:
Naseem Shah’s start to the tournament was not quite impressive as he would’ve wanted but he is getting back into his work as he has picked up 2 wickets in the third match of the season for his team.
Even though the right-arm speed star of Pakistan failed to get much of wickets in the first three matches of the season but we all know the ability of Naseem Shah in T20 cricket where he can get wickets for his team during the crucial phases of the game.
The bowling of Naseem Shah was still quite good in those matches where he hasn’t claimed any wickets and in the third match of the season he picked up 2 wickets for his team, including a wicket in his first over with the new ball and then he removed the batsman who was the top-run scorer of the innings for the opposition team.
| MATCHES | 3 |
| WICKETS | 2 |
| AVERAGE | 46.0 |
| ECONOMY | 8.3 |
