Published: Mar 22, 2015, 06:54 PM (IST)
Edited: Mar 22, 2015, 06:54 PM (IST)
The day two of the Bupa Sheffield Shield final in Hobart saw Victoria’s Fawad Ahmed become the first leg-spinner to take an eight-wicket haul in tournament since Bob Holland in 1984. The Pakistan born spinner took eight wickets for 89 runs against Western Australia on Sunday.
In the above photo, Ahmed is seen walking off the ground at the end of day’s play, holding the ball up in acknowledgement after creating the record at Blundstone Arena.
The 33-year-old overtook Chris Matthews’ 8-101 in 1988-89 as the best figures in a shield final. He picked up key wickets of Shaun Marsh (6) and Michael Klinger (18) on day one and then went on to dismiss Marcus Harris (81), Sam Whiteman (72) along with four tail enders as West Australia were bowled out for 421 on day two. Victoria closed on the title as they amassed 135 in reply without losing any wicket.
