Yasir Shah breaks 82-year record, reaches 200 Test wickets
By Web Deskupdated : 2 weeks ago
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ABU DHABI: 6, DECEMBER/ 2018: Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah became the fastest cricketer to take 200 Test wickets on Thursday, breaking an 82-year-old record and putting Pakistan within sight of a series win in the third and final Test against New Zealand.
The 32-year-old trapped nightwatchman Will Somerville leg before for four his second wicket of New Zealand’s second innings to reach the milestone in his 33rd Test, beating Australian leg-spinner Clarrie Grimmett’s record of 36 Tests set against South Africa in Johannesburg in 1936.
Yasir’s strike left New Zealand fighting to save both the match in Abu Dhabi, and the series currently tied at 1-1 as they reached 112-4 at lunch on the fourth day.
Skipper Kane Williamson was batting on a pugnacious 55 for his 29th fifty and second in the match and with him Henry Nicholls unbeaten on a chancy 20, as New Zealand led by 36 runs with six wickets intact. (01)
Yasir Shah breaks 82-year record, reaches 200 Test wickets
By Web Deskupdated : 2 weeks ago
File photo.
ABU DHABI: 6, DECEMBER/ 2018: Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah became the fastest cricketer to take 200 Test wickets on Thursday, breaking an 82-year-old record and putting Pakistan within sight of a series win in the third and final Test against New Zealand.
The 32-year-old trapped nightwatchman Will Somerville leg before for four his second wicket of New Zealand’s second innings to reach the milestone in his 33rd Test, beating Australian leg-spinner Clarrie Grimmett’s record of 36 Tests set against South Africa in Johannesburg in 1936.
Yasir’s strike left New Zealand fighting to save both the match in Abu Dhabi, and the series currently tied at 1-1 as they reached 112-4 at lunch on the fourth day.
Skipper Kane Williamson was batting on a pugnacious 55 for his 29th fifty and second in the match and with him Henry Nicholls unbeaten on a chancy 20, as New Zealand led by 36 runs with six wickets intact. (01)
