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[ad_1] Nottinghamshire have signed Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi for their 2023 Vitality Blast campaign. Afridi will join Colin Munro as one of the club's two T20 overseas players. Last season, Nottinghamshire missed out on qualification for the knockout stages of the Blast for the first time since 2015, and head coach, Peter Moores, hailed Afridi as a "box-office player" who could help reinvigorate the club, T20 champions in 2017 and 2020. BREAKING | ?? speedster @iShaheenAfridi signs for the 2023 @VitalityBlast . Full details ▶️ https://t.co/EptegVwJ2q #TheEagleHasLanded pic.twitter.com/0O8OtRynQP — Nottinghamshire CCC (@TrentBridge) March 30, 2023 "In Shaheen, we've got a world class player - which is really exciting - and a player with a point of difference with the ball, which is crucial when we are looking to recruit," Moores said. "We are building from a strong platform, with a lot of very talented lads hungry to play T...

[ad_1] Shaheen Afridi bowled a breathtaking opening over as he took four wickets in his first over for Nottinghamshire on Friday against Birmingham in T20 Blast. In doing so, he became the first bowler claim four wickets in the opening over of a T20 innings. While defending a total of 169 runs, Afridi made a sloppy start to the over by giving five runs through a wide delivery. However, he returned with a bang on the next ball, as he trapped Alex Davies lbw by an inswinging Yorker. Shaheen was on a hat-trick as he also clean bowled Chris Benjamin on the next ball. The left-arm pacer couldn’t complete his hat-trick but struck on the fifth bowl of the over, as he removed Dan Mousley, courtesy of a stunning catch by Olly Stone at short cover. Shaheen ended the over with another excellent delivery as he plucked out the off stump of Ed Barnard, leaving Birmingham reeling at 7-4 after the first over of their innings. Shaheen Afridi, you cannot do that!! ? https://t.co/ehXxmtz6r...