SOUTHAMPTON: Pakistan’s right-arm speedster Mohammad Abbas completed 100 wickets for Hampshire County Cricket Club amid his side’s County Championship 2023 fixture against Nottinghamshire on Saturday.
Abbas, who decimated Nottinghamshire’s batting line-up with a six-for in the first innings, continued his ruthless bowling in the second to further push the visitors to the backfoot.
Nottinghamshire, resuming their second innings at 146/6 on the third day of their ongoing first fixture of the season, rocked with Abbas’s magic as the right-arm pacer soon booked their lineup by taking three quick wickets and amassed the 100-wicket mark for the club.
100 Hampshire wickets for @RealMAbbas226 💯
A massive congratulations and hopefully many more to come! 💪 https://t.co/eoIEvK57Cu pic.twitter.com/rk7myqOcxH
— Hampshire Cricket (@hantscricket) April 8, 2023
Abbas maintained Hampshire’s domination with a wicket in the first over of the third day as he dismissed wicketkeeper batter Tom Moores with a beautiful outswinger.
He then castled Olly Stone to draw eighth success for the home side before trapping Dane Paterson in his legs to wrap up a dominant show with the ball.
Abbas returned with the match figures of 9/116 and played a pivotal role in restricting Nottinghamshire to a modest total.
Following Abbas’s magic, Hampshire now need to chase down 132 runs with almost two days of action to script a winning start to their County Championship campaign.
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