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MANCHESTER: England’s legendary pacer James Anderson presented his Pakistani counterpart Hasan Ali with a Lancashire County Cap, ahead of their Division 1 fixture of the ongoing County Championship, here on Friday.

Hasan’s county team Lancashire County Cricket Club bid farewell to the right-arm pacer as the Pakistani speedster may leave the squad and travel back to Pakistan if he gets selected in the ODI squad of the upcoming home series against West Indies, scheduled next month.

Hasan, who is currently the leading wicket-taker, has been rewarded for his outstanding performance when the veteran pacer praised him on behalf of the players and the club and also presented him with the county cap.

🧢 “You’ve made a huge impact, we’d love to have you back!” 🇵🇰👏@jimmy9 🤝 @RealHa55an

🌹 #RedRoseTogether pic.twitter.com/3lFWqLYe6o

— Lancashire Cricket (@lancscricket) May 19, 2022

 

“On behalf of the players, Hasan. I just want to say thank you for your efforts. As Chilly said, you’ve not been here for long, but you’ve had a huge impact and put [on] some match-winning performances,” Anderson said ahead of presenting the cap to Hasan.

“I know this is your last week, so let’s go out on a high, send you off with a win, some more wickets, hopefully,” Anderson added.

Anderson again thanked Hasan, on behalf of their team while also expressing his hope to have the Pakistani speedster in the team again.

“But I really hope again, on behalf of the players and the club, I hope this isn’t the last we see of you, we’d love to have you back in the future,” Anderson concluded.

It is apropos to mention here that Hasan is likely to travel back after his side Lancashire’s ongoing fixture against Essex as he may get a national call up to represent Pakistan against West Indies in the home ODI series.

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CANTERBURY: Pakistan’s right-arm speedster Hasan Ali, who is representing Lancashire County Cricket Club in the ongoing County Championship 2022, starred on his debut against Kent.

Hasan, who is playing his first match in county cricket, impressed with his wonderful bowling spell. The right-arm pacer bowled 43 overs in the match including 11 maiden overs.

The 27-years-old pacer shone on his county cricket debut for Lancashire; taking two wickets for 58 in the first innings and following it with three wickets for 36 runs in the second innings.

The combined efforts from the bowlers, helped the side dismiss Kent for 260 and 279 after the batters posted a mammoth 506 in the first innings and later chased down an easy 36 in the second innings to win the match by 10 wickets.

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CANTERBURY: Pakistan’s right-arm pacer Hasan Ali, who is representing Lancashire Cricket in the ongoing County Championship 2022, took his first wicket in his debut match.

In a video shared by County Championship, the right-arm speedster can be seen taking his first county wicket.

In his side’s first fixture of the 2022 championship against Kent, the right-arm pacer dismissed Jordan Cox for two in his 17th over.

“[Hasan Ali] takes his first wicket in the [County Championship 2022],” LV=Insurance County Championship tweeted.

🇵🇰 @RealHa55an takes his first wicket in the #LVCountyChamp pic.twitter.com/0aqD82bwnM

— Rothesay County Championship (@CountyChamp) April 16, 2022

It is pertinent to mention here that Kent are in trouble on the third day of the ongoing match as the side have lost five wickets for 164 in response to Lancashire’s 506.

LANCASHIRE: Pakistan’s right-arm pacer Hasan Ali, who is set to represent Lancashire in the ongoing County Cricket Championship 2022, said that he will disturb the veteran fast-bowler, James Anderson.

Hasan, who is set to play six matches for Lancashire during his stint as an overseas player for the side, said he is excited to share the dressing room with Anderson.

“I’m very excited and looking forward to sharing the dressing room with their players; obviously we have Jimmy bhai, Jimmy Anderson, so I’m very happy and very excited,” Hasan told ESPNcricinfo.

The Pakistani speedster further revealed that he never interacted with Anderson before but now he will and he will disturb him a lot to learn some new things.

“Honestly, I never spoke with him before. But now I’m going to have a lot of questions to ask him. I’m going to disturb him,” he said.

“We know he’s a great bowler. He swings the ball both ways. I’m going to learn how he swings the ball both ways, especially the cross-seam ball. I’m going to learn it,” he concluded.

It is pertinent to mention here that Anderson is currently the third-highest wicket-taker in Test history. The right-arm pacer has also been representing Lancashire since 2002.

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LANCASHIRE: Pakistan’s right-arm pacer Hasan Ali has reached England to play County Cricket for the first time.

Hasan, who will play for Lancashire County Cricket Club in the ongoing 2022 season, has arrived in England for the event.

Taking to Twitter, Wisden shared the picture of Hasan donning the Lancashire jersey.

“Hasan Ali in Lancashire kit. The Pakistan quick is in England to play county cricket for the first time in his career,” Wisden wrote.

Hassan Ali in Lancashire kit 🌹

The Pakistan quick is in England for his first stint in county cricket. #CountyCricket2022 pic.twitter.com/ajk7AVs672

— Wisden (@WisdenCricket) April 11, 2022

 

According to the county club, Hasan will be available for at least the first two months of the season. The right-arm pacer is expected to make his English County debut against Kent at Canterbury on 14 April.

He will be available until after Lancashire’s match against Essex which starts on 19 May at Emirates Old Trafford.

It is worth mentioning here that Hasan has picked 72 wickets at an average of 21 in Test matches and an overall First-Class tally of 244 wickets at 23.

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