ECL T10: Bowler imitates Tabraiz Shamsi's phone celebration with a shoe, opposition batter gives it back after smashing a six
The bowler used his shoe as a phone and acted as if he was making a call, gesturing the batter to go back to the pavilion.
An ECL T10 league stage encounter between Tunbridge Wells and Dreux witnessed some incredible scenes. It all started when the bowler, Wahid Abbas dismissed a batter with a perfect yorker.
The right-handed batter named Marcus O’Riordan moved away from the stumps and went for the cut shot, but the ball crashed onto the stumps. And after that, Abbas took out his shoe and celebrated in a unique manner.
Abbas used his shoe as a phone and acted as if he was making the call, gesturing the batter to go back to the pavilion.
Opposition batter Chris Williams gives it back to Wahid Abbas
And then, the fun started. Riordan’s teammate Chris Williams smashed the ball into the stands for a humongous six and indulged in the same phone celebration that the bowler had used after dismissing Marcus O’Riordan.
Williams smashed another six and yet again used his bat like a phone as the opposition was rendered clueless. All his teammates were also ecstatic and loved the action that Williams was providing on the field.
You can watch the phone call celebration video below
As far as the match is concerned, the Tunbridge Wells decimated the Dreux outfit by 50 runs. Batting first, the Tunbridge side posted a colossal total of 141/3 in their allotted 10 overs, with Alex Williams and Chris Williams smashing half-centuries.
In reply, the Dreux outfit was bowled out for a total of 91. As many as 8 batters failed to score in double digits for the Dreux side. Only Hamza Niaz and Kamran Ahmadzai stood up to the opposition and made some meaningful contributions. While Niaz scored 21, Ahmadzai helped himself to 29.
Joe McCaffrey was the pick of the bowlers for the Tunbridge side with the ball and scalped 3 wickets Apart from McCaffrey, Michael Waller and Bailey Wightman picked up 2 wickets each as well, to help their side to victory.
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