37 out of the 46 deliveries bowled in the spell which lasted for 7.4 overs were dots. He bowled beautifully throughout but failed to take a single wicket on the first 40 deliveries. However, he made up for it by picking three wickets on the last six deliveries to clean Sri Lanka’s tail and bundle them out for 188.
Naseem finished the innings with 3/44 in 17.4 overs. The second wicket was his 50th in Test cricket. In the first innings, he picked three wickets for 41 runs to help Sri Lanka bundle out the hosts for 166 runs only.
Fans also called Naseem the ‘unluckiest’ bowler after three back-to-back review calls went up against him.
On the second ball of the 62nd over, umpire Pakistan unsuccessfully reviewed a lbw decision from the on-field umpire. Ramesh Mendis was hit on the very next delivery on the pads once again and the umpire too raised his fingers but a review saved the batter once again. A third consecutive appeal saw Mendis survive once again after taking another review.
Earlier on Thursday, Pakistan declared their innings at 576/5 to get a 410-run lead. But the Sri Lanka innings collapsed once again. Left-arm spinner Noman picked the first seven wickets to finish with figures of 7/70 in 23 overs in the second innings. The win has helped Pakistan seal the series 2-0.
One of the best spells of reverse swing I’ve ever seen. And it hasn’t even fetched a single wicket yet. Naseem Shah desperately unlucky…#SLvPAK
— Hemant (@hemantbuch) July 27, 2023
Crazy over from Naseem Shah:
61.2 over – Umpire gives not-out, Pak reviews & it’s missing.
61.3 over – Umpire gives out, Batter reviews & it’s missing.
61.4 over – Umpire gives out, batter reviews & it’s missing.
Naseem breathing fire, one of the best spell in this year. pic.twitter.com/pUK8gnDNpe
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) July 27, 2023
Remember this day, remember these spells.
Naseem Shah has tapped into his limitless potential, and is evolving into a world class fast bowler in front of our very eyes.#SLvPAK pic.twitter.com/Kb1sxmqQWr
— Change of Pace (@ChangeofPace414) July 27, 2023
Naseem Shah has to be the most unluckiest bowler in the history of Cricket ????#WTC25 #PAKvSL #PAKvsSL pic.twitter.com/ECBjkH8iib
— Abdullah Neaz ???????? (@Abdullah__Neaz) July 27, 2023
Drenched in sweat. Running in hard ball after ball.
Naseem Shah, you’ll always be a hero. pic.twitter.com/u6XrmlJUIP
— Shafqat Shabbir (@Chefkat23) July 27, 2023
He couldn’t get wickets with lbw now he is clean bowled both batters. Naseem Shah gets his second ????????. #PAKvSL #SLvPAK #NaseemShah pic.twitter.com/UPDTBnw0ys
— Shaharyar Ejaz ???? (@SharyOfficial) July 27, 2023
Finally, finally Naseem shah take a wicket pic.twitter.com/aEdpd1ycPv
— Jia???? (@NS71stan) July 27, 2023
Naseem Shah is the unluckiest bowler in Pakistan’s side, doing all the hard work but still unable to get a wicket. Three balls, three missing stumps. #PAKvSL #SLvsPAK #SLvPAK #NaseemShah pic.twitter.com/RzJTSkUfnN
— Shaharyar Ejaz ???? (@SharyOfficial) July 27, 2023
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