Pakistan left-arm seamer Usman Khan Shinwari was at his imperious best as the newcomer to international cricket bowled a sensational spell in the 5th and the final ODI against Sri Lanka to finish with figures of 5/34. It was a magnificent performance by the pacer who was playing in only his 2nd ODI.
The youngster bagged his first four wickets in his first two overs which had the Sri Lankans reeling at 20/5. He bowled a sensational spell of 20 deliveries and then came back to bag his 5th. It was Sri Lanka’s last pair of Vishwa Fernando and Dusmantha Chameera that propelled the Sri Lankans to a score of over 100.
Usman was on a hat-trick in his opening over itself after bagging the wickets of Sadeera Samarawickrama and Dinesh Chandimal of successive deliveries. While Samarawickrama was castled for his 2nd nought of the series, Chandimal went for a flashing drive but only to edge it back to the keeper.
Upul Tharanga won the toss and opted to bat the next man in to face the hat-trick delivery of Shinwari. The southpaw drove it comfortably but was soon removed by the same bowler of a delivery which nipped back sharply to Tharanga.
Shinwari’s next wicket was that of wicket-keeper batsman Niroshan Dickwella when was trapped in front by an incoming delivery from the left-arm pacer. The umpire had no hesitation in his mind and ruled it in favour of the bowling team. Milinda Siriwardana was the next man to head back to the pavilion as he holed out at the covers after playing yet another lose shot. This has been the story of Sri Lanka who is heading towards a 5-0 whitewash yet again.
Sri Lanka was eventually bowled out for 103. Pakistan has started off the chase fluently, and without losing any wicket, they are just 30 runs away from reaching the target. While Imam-ul-Haq is batting on 27, Fakhar Zaman is unbeaten on 45.
Let us now have a look at how Twitterati reacted to the wonderful bowling performance of Usman Khan Shinwari.
5WH in 21 deliveries #Shinwari
— Ammar Ashraf (@AmmarAshraf) October 23, 2017
Best odi bowling attack in the world just got better #Shinwari
— Bazid Khan (@bazidkhan81) October 23, 2017
There's nothing in the wicket and he is making the ball talk – left armers club doing it right!#pakvsl #shinwari
— zainab abbas (@ZAbbasOfficial) October 23, 2017
What's the record for 5 wickets in minimum number of balls ? 5th ODI #PAKvSL #Shinwari #Usman
— Zaid Darbar (@Zaid_Ali_Darbar) October 23, 2017
What a dream start to his career, #shinwari u beauty!! ✌
— ?? (سید عظمت) (@azmet_syed) October 23, 2017
https://twitter.com/SundasKhan20/status/922421183626268672
Awesome #UsmanKhanShinwari incredible performance. Well-done proud to be #GreenTeam
#Shinwari— Shah Hassan (@shah_hassankhan) October 23, 2017
5th ODI
That's it!! Sri Lanka all out on 103. their second lowest total against Pak.#shinwari 5/34, Hasan Ali 2/19, Shadab 2/24#PAKvSL— Irshad Ali (@irshadaajnews) October 23, 2017
Miandad once said "Ilfan pathan jaise booller to maali(hmari) galliyon main khelte hain" Well said Javed Bhai??#PakvsSL #PAKvSL #shinwari pic.twitter.com/SqlIvJbhpK
— Mr_cricket (@iamMr_cricket) October 23, 2017
https://twitter.com/DrAliya7/status/922429661434535937
Excellent and amazing piece of bowling, destructive spell from the youngster.
Usman's five wickets in 21 balls.#Shinwari#PakVsSl#5thODI pic.twitter.com/IQVfkVrjfK— Saad Maqsood سعـــــد مقصـــــــــود (@SaadMaqsud) October 23, 2017
Just 3 and a half overs into his 2nd ODI and he's got a fifer! Take a bow #Shinwari
— H. (@anshdot) October 23, 2017
What a World class bowling! Epic Stuff!
Usman Khan on ?!
What a talent.
4 wickets.#Shinwari #PAKvSL— Zeeshan Wattoo (@zeshanwattoo21) October 23, 2017