Tom Banton: Watch English opener hits monstrous reverse sweep off Imad Wasim in Manchester T20I

Dixit Bhargav | 30/08/2020
Tom Banton: Watch English opener hits monstrous reverse sweep off Imad Wasim in Manchester T20I

Tom Banton: The English opening batsman played a courageous shot against the Pakistani all-rounder at the Old Trafford.

During the second T20I of the ongoing Pakistan’s tour of England in Manchester, England opening batsman Tom Banton continued his red-hot form to hit a monstrous reverse sweep off Pakistan all-rounder Imad Wasim.

After showing respect to the left-arm spinner in his first over, both Banton and wicket-keeper batsman Jonny Bairstow attacked Wasim in his second over.

On the first ball of the over, Banton put on display a reverse sweep out of nowhere to his the ball over the third-man region for a six. The surprise element in the shot was enough for it to become a source of amazement for one and all.

Coming on the back of scoring his maiden T20I half-century in the first match, Banton played second fiddle in a startling 66-run opening partnership alongside Bairstow (44). With the latter getting out to Pakistan all-rounder Shadab Khan in the seventh over, Banton was expected to steer England in the daunting chase.

However, the right-hand batsman missed a sweep on the following delivery to get trapped in front of the wickets. Banton ended up scoring 20 (16) with the help of one six.

It was England captain Eoin Morgan who won the toss and invited the visitors in to bat. Half-centuries form veteran all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez (69) and captain Babar Azam (56) propelled Pakistan to score 195/4 in 20 overs. With bowling figures of 4-0-32-2, England spinner Adil Rashid was the pick of their bowlers.

Tom Banton hits monstrous reverse sweep off Imad Wasim

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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