22-year-old Pakistani youngster Zaman Khan is on the rise. With his slingy action, similar to Lasith Malinga, Zaman Khan is making his name as a T20 specialist with gigs in The Hundred in England and the BBL in Australia.
On Saturday, Zaman Khan bowled Glenn Maxwell with a stunning, toe-crushing yorker during the Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder encounter in the ongoing BBL 2023/24 season. Stars and Thunder met on Saturday at the Lavington Sports Oval in Albury with the Thunder sealing a victory on the back of Zaman’s 3-wicket haul.\
One of those wickets was that of the Melbourne Stars skipper, Glenn Maxwell, who was left stunned after being castled with a sensational yorker from Zaman Khan.
On the 2nd ball of the 13th over of Melbourne’s innings, Zaman send down a searing, slightly swinging yorker. The ball came out of his hands in front of the stumps but kept swinging a little away from Maxwell, who went for a slog on the leg-side. The yorker beat Maxwell’s outside edge and clattered in to the base of the off-stump.
Glenn Maxwell’s reaction is a must-see one as the veteran Aussie batter looked befuddled and even impressed by the accuracy of Zaman’s yorker.
Check out the video here:
Watch: Zaman Khan bowls Glenn Maxwell with a toe-crushing yorker
Sydney Thunder defeated the Melbourne Stars by 5 wickets. Beau Webster top-scored for the Stars, scoring 59 runs in 34 balls while Maxwell scored 30 runs in 26 balls. Stars put 172 runs on the board. Zaman Khan, the Man of the Match, returned with impressive bowling figures of 3/24 in 4 overs, scalping Maxwell, Jonathan Merlo and Hilton Cartwright.
In reply, openers Alex Hales and Cameron Bancroft led Sydeny’s charge with their 78-run opening stand in 7.2 overs. The next five batters all scored between 10 and 30 with healthy strike rates to chase down the target in the 19th over.
Zaman has played in 6 T20Is and 1 ODI for Pakistan.
