Shadab Khan’s spectacular bowling show in useless as Sussex undergo defeat

Shadab Khan delivered a formidable show of bowling for the Sussex Sharks of their T20 Vitality Blast match in opposition to Essex on Thursday.

With Feroze Khushi offering stability at one finish, Shadab performed a significant function by constantly breaking via the Essex batting lineup.

Shadab’s first breakthrough got here when he eliminated Matt Critchley for simply 9 runs. Critchley was caught by Tom Alsop, giving Sussex a a lot wanted breakthrough. Demonstrating his talent and accuracy, Shadab struck once more on the very subsequent ball, dismissing Paul Walter for a duck. This spectacular feat put Essex on the again foot and had the gang on the sting of their seats, as Shadab was now on a hat-trick.

Though, he failed to finish his hat-trick and conceded a few boundaries in his third over, Shadab remained unfazed and decided. Making a powerful comeback in his fourth over, he managed to dismiss Tom Westley for a mere 2 runs.

Ending with figures of three/28 in his allotted four overs, Shadab performed a pivotal function in proscribing Essex to a modest complete of 163/7 of their 20 overs.

Regardless of his distinctive show with the ball, Shadab’s fortunes took a downturn when he got here out to bat. Sadly, he did not ship with the bat and was dismissed on his very first supply of the match, falling sufferer to Simon Harmer’s bowling.

Sussex saved shedding wickets at common intervals all through their chase, in the end getting bowled out for 138 and shedding the sport by 25 runs.