Shahbaz Nadeem breaks List A bowling world record
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Chennai: Jharkhand spinner Shahbaz Nadeem on Thursday broke a two-decade-old world record for best bowling figures in List A cricket, with an incredible haul of 8/10 against Rajasthan in the Vijay Hazare Trophy here.
Left-armer Nadeem, who has been knocking on the doors of the Indian team for a while now, ran through the Rajasthan batting line-up. Rajasthan were all out for 73 runs in 28.3 overs with Nadeem's final figures reading 10-4-10-8.
The previous best was also in the name of an Indian in Delhi left-arm spinner Rahul Sanghvi, who achieved figures of 8/15 against Himachal Pradesh in 1997-98. Sanghvi appeared in just one Test for India, back in 2001 against Australia, besides playing 10 One-Day Internationals.
List A cricket includes ODI matches and various domestic competitions in which the number of overs in an innings per team ranges from 40 to 60, as well as some international matches involving nations who have not achieved official ODI status.
The 29-year-old Nadeem has played 99 First-Class matches, taking 375 wickets at 29.74. He has taken 124 wickets at the List A level in 87 games besides 89 scalps in 109 T20s.
He has been a consistent performer for Jharkhand in all formats including the four-day Ranji Trophy.
He was recently part of the India 'A' team which played in England and also the home series against Australia 'A'.