It has taken the best part of 12 years but Yorkshire’s leg-spinner has started to look the threat many hoped he would be when he took six Warwickshire wickets on his first-class debut
At the Adelaide Oval on Thursday an 18‑year‑old leg‑spinner with shock of red hair and a devilish wrong’un sent the Australian cricket fraternity into something of a lather.
South Australia’s Lloyd Pope became the youngest bowler in Sheffield Shield history to claim a seven-wicket haul, bamboozling Queensland’s batsmen in much the same way he did England’s rookies when taking out eight of them during the Under-19 World Cup in January.
Written by Ali Martin in Colombo
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/oct/25/adil-rashid-key-bowler-england-world-cup-sri-lanka under the title “Adil Rashid settles into role as key bowler for England’s World Cup”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
