Adil did this feat in the second ODI match between England and Australia in Leeds
The second match of the ongoing ODI series between England and Australia (ENG vs AUS) is being played today on 21 September at Headingley ground in Leeds. In this match, England cricket team’s spin bowler Adil Rashid has registered his name in the pages of history. He has become the first cricketer from England to achieve this feat in ODI cricket.
Let us tell you that in the match, Adil Rashid dismissed the dangerous Glenn Maxwell. With this wicket, he has become the first spin bowler to take 200 wickets for England in ODI cricket. Before Rashid, no spin bowler has been able to achieve this feat. Also, this is the third fastest 200 wickets taken by a spinner in ODI cricket.
Rashid took 131 innings to take 200 ODI wickets. Former Pakistani spin bowler Saqlain Mushtaq is at number one with 101 innings and former late Australian cricketer Shane Warne is at number two with 124 innings.
England bowl out Australia for 270
On the other hand, if we talk about this match, England won the toss and decided to bowl first, and the bowlers proved captain Harry Brook’s decision right. Let us tell you that in the match, the English bowlers have wrapped up the Kangaroos’ innings on a total score of 270 runs after 44.4 overs. For Australia, Alex Carey played an innings of 74 runs, while captain Mitchell Marsh contributed 60 runs.
If we talk about England’s bowling, Brydon Curse got 3 wickets, Matthew Potts, Adil Rashid and Jacob Bethell got 2-2 wickets each. Apart from this, Ollie Stone got 1 wicket. It will be interesting to see whether England is able to achieve the target of 271 runs given by Australia or not?