Watch: In the first over of his first-class career, Somerset debutant Shoaib Bashir spun his off-breaks twice past the outside edge of Alastair Cook. This caught the eye of England captain Ben Stokes, leading up to his upcoming Test debut against India in Vizag.
Bashir started his career at Surrey and made an impact at age group level before moving to Berkshire and then Somerset. Somerset in 2022 His second His debut in the Eleven, scoring 3-51 against Surrey and 4-12 against Surrey.
Shortly after, they lost against Warwickshire Seconds in 5:44. Signed for Somerset in 2023, against Northamptonshire Seconds he took 4-49.
Bashir played a few Twenty20s XI games before making his T20 Blast debut last week. He had little confidence in his 2-0 19-0 win against Hampshire, but he had little confidence in his 4-0 26-0 win as Somerset beat Gloucestershire at Bristol by his 80 points. I followed up with 3.
It was June 9th. The next day, Somerset extended Bashir’s contract by two years until 2025.
“Shoaib has huge potential and we are all really impressed with his attitude, work ethic and determination to give himself the best chance to reach his full potential. ” said Somerset Director of Cricket Andy Harry.
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The following day, Bashir made his first-class debut in the County Championship against Essex. He was up against the well-rounded Alastair Cook, bowling for the first time. He had been in the game for 20 years, had scored over 26,000 runs, over 7,300 runs, and was, of course, highly regarded as a spin player. p >
Bashir’s second ball hit the stumps. Cook tried to play forward defense, but the ball turned sharply and bounced, forcing Somerset wicketkeeper James Lew to retrieve the ball well above his waist.
The fourth ball spun past Cook again and then over Liu’s glove. Cook played the remaining overs and Basheer started with his maiden.
Bashir has since taken 10 first-class wickets, averaging 67.
His pass to Cook was Ben Stokes’ first look at Bashir. Impressed by what he saw, Stokes asked Rob Key (director of cricket) and Brendon McCullum (head coach) to watch him during India’s Test tour.
“The first time I saw him was on Twitter. I think the County Championship [account] had put together little clips of him bowling with Sir Alastair,” Stokes said in Vizag. He spoke two days before the second India-England Test.
“I’m in a WhatsApp group with Keysy and Baz. I actually forwarded that clip and said, ‘Look at this, this is on our India tour. Maybe we can work together,” and it went from there. He was selected for the Lions tour and of course the coach on that tour taught him everything. ”
He was called up to the England Lions team to attend a training camp in the United Arab Emirates and so impressed the England management that he received a call-up to the five-Test series in India. won and will be participating in the future. His Test debut came in the second match of the series at Visakhapatnam.
Watch Shoaib Bashir beat Alastair Cook twice in his first over in first-class cricket:
19-year-old off-spinner Shoaib Bashir, bowling his first over on County Championship debut, beats the bat of Alastair Cook twice 👀
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– Wisden (@WisdenCricket) 11. June 2023
