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Shoaib Malik hit-wicket vs England: Watch Pakistan batsman getting out hit-wicket in a bizarre fashion during the 4th ODI

Gurpreet Singh
|PublishedMay 17, 2019

NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND – MAY 17: Shoaib Malik of Pakistan hits the stumps with his bat and is out by Mark Wood of England during the 4th Royal London ODI match between England and Pakistan at Trent Bridge on May 17, 2019 in Nottingham, England. (Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)

Shoaib Malik hit-wicket vs England: The Pakistan batsman got out in an inexplicably funny fashion during the 4th ODI vs England

During the ongoing 4th ODI between England and Pakistan being played at the Trent Bridge in Nottingham, Pakistani right-hander, Shoaib Malik got out hit-wicket in the most bizarre fashion one would ever see.

It all happened in the 4th delivery of the 47th over, being bowled by the English speedster Mark Wood.

Wood bowled a normal length delivery outside the off-stump. Malik, on his back foot and deep into his crease tried to steer or rather cut it through towards the point region.

This is where the comedy of errors happened. Malik, instead of hitting the ‘ball’ through the Point area, ended up smashing the ‘stumps’ out their groove and getting out hit-wicket in the most bizarre and surprising manner as one can ever witness.

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Pakistan scored their 3rd consecutive score of above 300 runs in the series, as they yet again managed to put on a mammoth score of 340/7 at the end of 50 overs.

Babar Azam was the top scorer for Pakistan after he scored 115 off 112 deliveries, with the assistance of 13 fours and 1 six. Mohammed Hafeez and Shoaib Malik also chipped in with some valuable contributions scoring 59 (55) and 41 (26) respectively.

For the English bowlers, as expected, it was another nightmare, an absolute graveyard for them. However, Tom Curran did manage to pick up 4 wickets after giving away 75 runs in his 10 overs, at an economy of 7.5 runs per over.

Returning back to the dismissal, watching the batsman of Shoaib Malik’s stature committing such a blunder, made the dismissal more funnier for the eyes to behold.

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Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.