Mystery bowler Abrar records seven hits as Pakistan knocks England for 281
Mystery bowler Abrar records seven hits as Pakistan knocks England for 281....
Abrar Ahmed, a mystery spinner who formerly played tape-ball cricket before making it onto the Test squad, had a great debut for his Test career today against England, collecting five wickets. Abrar became the 252nd player from Pakistan to play Test cricket when Babar Azam, the teamβs captain, selected him at the toss for the second of the three Tests against England.
AbrarΒ was born in Karachi, but his ancestors are from a little town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwaβs Mansehra area named Shinkiari.
While participating in a game of tape-ball cricket in Karachiβs Lines Area, the 24-year-old became interested in the sport. In 2020, while representing Sindh in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match against Southern Punjab, the bowler made his first-class debut.
In 26 first-class innings, he has taken 76 wickets, for an average of 25.56, and his best match stats are 11-63. When Abrar first started playing cricket, he had never heard of Abdul Qadir, a famous leg-spinner from Pakistan. Mushtaq Ahmed, who was in charge of Pakistan’s National Cricket Academy in Lahore at the time, asked Abrar about Qadir five years ago. Abrar said, “I don’t know who he is, and I’ve never heard his name.”
Mohammad Masroor, Abrar’s coach, says that the West Indies spinner Sunil Narine is Abrar’s role model in cricket.
Abrar got his first call-up to the Test squad before this series because of how well he did in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2022β2023.
The right-arm spinner, who is 24 years old, took 43 wickets in seven games, with an average of 21.95, and was named the best bowler of the tournament.
What a ball to get your first Test wicket! π
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