Yasir Shah claimed his fifth wicket haul by just giving 58 runs in 23 overs. (Source: Reuters)
Yasir Shah ran through the England middle-order as he picked up a fifer on Day 2 of the first Test at Lord’s. The leggie was right on the money and picked key wickets to dent England’s progress. The hosts were building a solid foundation before Shah spun magic. A spinner emerging as a hero at the historic venue is a rare sight, and it showed with how the whos and whos reacted to the feat on Twitter.
81 wickets in 13 Tests for Yasir Shah. No bowler had more than 81 at this stage of career. No bowler in 139 years history of Test cricket.
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) 15 July 2016
Most wickets in first 13 Tests of career:
81 CTB Turner/Yasir Shah
78 T Richardson
77 FR Spofforth— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) 15 July 2016
Yasir Shah the first wrist spinner to take a 5-for at Lord’s since Mushtaq Ahmed in 1996. First in the 1st inns since Chandrasekhar in 1967.
— Andy Zaltzman (@ZaltzCricket) 15 July 2016
ICC will do dope test of yasir shah very soon
— Imran Waseem (@imranwaseem) 15 July 2016
The struggle against Yasir Shah for English batsman is a coming events casting shadows for the tour of India later in the year.
— Roshan Abeysinghe (@RoshanCricket) 15 July 2016
This Yasir Shah is a seriously good leggie, flight, drift & spin. Reminds me of someone! #Warne #ENGvPAK
— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) 15 July 2016
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