Afghanistan’s talismanic wrist spinner Rashid Khan grew to become the primary bowler to finish 650 wickets in T20 cricket throughout the opening encounter of the The Hundred 2025.
Rashid achieved the feat within the one-sided conflict between London Spirit and Oval Invincibles on the iconic Lord’s Cricket Floor in London on Tuesday, August 5. Kane Williamson-led London Spirit gained the toss and opted to bat first. Jordan Clark and Jason Behrendorff made early inroads with the brand new ball and had the batting facet at 26/3 earlier than Rashid started to weave his magic.
The 26-year-old began the onslaught by dismissing Wayne Madsen with the forty third supply of the innings. Nonetheless, he scripted the report when he dismissed Liam Dawson plumb in entrance of the stumps LBW. Rashid additionally bagged the wicket of Ryan Higgins to complete with glorious figures of three/11 in 20 balls. He bowled a whopping 15 dot balls throughout his spell.
The Afghanistan leg-spinner grew to become the primary participant to attain the feat as he now has 651 wickets in his T20 profession from 478 innings at a median of 18.54 4 five-wicket hauls to his identify. Rashid has a strike charge of 16.90 and an economic system charge of 6.57 within the shortest format of the sport.
Rashid’s heroics bought good assist from Sam Curran, who took three wickets as properly. London Spirit had been bowled out for 80 in 94 balls, with Ashton Turner top-scoring with a 14-ball 21.
In reply, Will Jacks and Tawanda Muyeye bought the Invincibles off to a sedate begin, including a 34-run partnership off 32 balls. Nonetheless, Dawson dismissed each the openers after they bought off to first rate begins. Curran chipped in with a nine-ball 14 earlier than skipper Sam Billings and Donovan Ferreira took them dwelling with six wickets and 31 balls to spare.
London Spirit will return to motion on Saturday, August 9, as they tackle Welsh Hearth in Cardiff. However, Oval Invincibles will play on the identical day in opposition to Manchester Originals.
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