Up and coming left-handed batsman Saif Ali Zaib has been in great touch in recent months and he’s proving his worth in the English domestic setup right now, knocking on the national side selector’s doors as well. Currently, he’s been doing well in the ongoing Vitality T20 Blast 2023, where he currently represents Northamptonshire.
Today was another round of matches in the 2023 T20 Blast and in the Worcestershire vs Northamptonshire game at Worcester, we saw a special knock from the 25-year old that took his side to an easy win and handed the home team their first loss of the 2023 season. He smashed 70(35)* and won the match for his side with two balls to spare. Keep reading for more details…
Saif Zaib hits 70(35)* in winning cause
Batting first, Worcestershire put up 178/6 in their 20 overs and from there, it was going to take a special effort from a batsman or two in order to complete the chase. While Chris Lynn was dismissed early in the chase for only 9(15), Ricardo Vasconcelos played well for 44 at the top of the order and once the foundation was set decently, it was up to Zaib to come in and take his team home.
He came in to bat at number #5 when the score was 75/3 and he needed to up the run rate immediately. His knock by the end of the evening included 9 fours and 2 big sixes, ending with a outrageous strike rate of 200 and making his best contribution of the season so far, with other scores of 15*, 14, 37*, 28, and 2 prior to this game.
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While he hadn’t hit any big sixes for most of his innings, he decided to tear into Patrick Brown in the final over of the chase, hitting 6, 6, 4 to finish off the game in style. The two sixes were big ones on the leg-side, and he’s now going to be one player to fear in the rest of this team’s matches on the T20 Blast 2023 schedule. Check out some of the stroke he played in this game:
A phenomenal knock from @zaib_05 as he scored 70* 👏@NorthantsCCC are the first team to defeat the Worcestershire Rapids in #Blast23! pic.twitter.com/4PAD897upq
— Vitality Blast (@VitalityBlast) June 4, 2023
In particular, he played one remarkable shot behind the wicket-keeper’s head which stunned everyone watching. Even the Vitality Blast official Twitter account put up a tweet asking users what they’d name that shot. For the video shared above, the captioned, “A phenomenal knock from @zaib_05 as he scored 70* 👏 @NorthantsCCC are the first team to defeat the Worcestershire Rapids in #Blast23!”
One user on Twitter replied calling him one of the best players in the side right now. “Our best player thus far in the tournament 👏, he’s electric as a fielder , hope he’s OK with it however I’m calling him Dangerous Zaib 😳 🤔🤣”, said this user. For similar updates from T20 Blast 2023 and other cricketing news from around the world, stay tuned to ReadScoops.com…
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