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Former South Africa fast bowler Wayne Parnell has hailed Pakistan’s rising all-rounder Maaz Sadaqat as the country’s “next superstar” following his impressive performances in the ongoing Nepal Premier League.

Maaz is currently representing Janakpur Bolts, who are being led by Parnell in the tournament. The 20-year-old Pakistani has made an immediate impact in his debut stint, underlining his value as a genuine all-rounder.

In three appearances so far, Maaz has scored 95 runs at an average of 31.66, striking at a breathtaking rate of 179.24.

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His contribution with the ball has been equally notable, as he has claimed three wickets at an average of 26 while maintaining an economy rate of 6.50.

Parnell, clearly impressed by the youngster’s composure and match awareness, publicly praised Maaz on social media.

Taking to Instagram, the Proteas veteran shared a mirror selfie with the Pakistani all-rounder and captioned it: “Pakistan’s next superstar, Maaz Sadaqat.”

Only last month, Maaz Sadaqat played a central role in Pakistan Shaheens’ title run at the Asia Cup Rising Stars Championship, where his all-round brilliance earned him the Player of the Tournament award.

Batting with exceptional consistency, Maaz finished the eight-team competition as the leading run-scorer with 258 runs in five innings at a staggering average of 129, including two unbeaten half-centuries.

With the ball, he remained just as lethal, snaring seven wickets at a superb average of 7.42 and an economy rate of 4.33.

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Former South African fast bowler Wayne Parnell has revealed his all-time ODI XI, with three legendary Pakistan cricketers making the cut.

Parnell’s dream team features all-rounder Shahid Afridi and the iconic pace duo of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis, regarded among the most feared combinations in cricket history.

The 36-year-old, who recently won the World Championship of Legends (WCL) with South Africa Champions, named former India captain MS Dhoni as skipper and wicketkeeper of the side.

For the opening slots, Parnell went with Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar and South Africa’s prolific run-scorer Hashim Amla.

Modern-day great Virat Kohli was slotted at No. 3, followed by South Africa’s AB de Villiers and Australia’s Michael Hussey in the middle order.

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Afridi was chosen as the lone all-rounder, providing explosive batting alongside his wicket-taking leg-spin, while Dhoni was tasked with leading the side both on and off the field.

The bowling attack is spearheaded by Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, and Australian speedster Brett Lee.

Spin duties are handled by Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan, paired with Afridi for variety and threat in all conditions.

All-time ODI XI of Wayne Parnell: Sachin Tendulkar, Hashim Amla, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Michael Hussey, Shahid Afridi, MS Dhoni (C/WK), Wasim Akram, Brett Lee, Muttiah Muralitharan, Waqar Younis.

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MORRISVILLE: South African pacer Wayne Parnell dismantled Texas Super Kings with an economical five-wicket haul and led Seattle Orcas to a dominant eight-wicket victory in the Major League Cricket (MLC).

Put into bat first in the top-table MLC clash, Texas Super Kings endured Wayne Parnell’s attack, who returned figures of 5/20 to book them for a paltry total of 127.

The Super Kings had a dismal start as they lost in-form Devon Conway, who fell for a golden duck on the very first delivery of the innings.

Skipper Faf du Plessis (13 off 10) and Cody Chetty then put on an anchoring 36-run partnership for the second wicket before both perished in successive overs.

Chetty scored 22 off 18 deliveries, laced with two boundaries and a six before falling to Parnell.

Following Chetty’s dismissal, the Super Kings ran into a frustrating collapse and soon slipped to 48/6 in the ninth over.

Experienced all-rounder Dwayne Bravo, alongside Daniel Sams, tried to anchor the innings with a vital 56-run partnership for the seventh wicket.

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The pair appeared to have settled down before Andrew Tye got rid of Sams to get a much-needed breakthrough for his side in the 17th over. Sams could score 26 from 19 balls, hitting a boundary and two sixes.

Bravo, on the other hand, stood his ground firm before falling victim to a ruthless final over by Wayne Parnell, which saw Super Kings losing three wickets including a run out.

Bravo top-scored for the Super Kings with a run-a-ball 39 which featured four boundaries and a six.

Parnell led the bowling attack for the Orcas with 5/20, followed by Andrew Tye’s 2/15 while Imad Wasim and Cameron Gannon picked one wicket apiece.

Set to chase a modest 128, Quinton de Kock’s half-century comfortably steered Orcas to an eight-wicket victory.

The wicketkeeper batter scored a 36-ball 53 which featured three boundaries and three sixes.

His South African teammate Heinrich Klaasen also made a significant contribution in the pursuit with an unbeaten 43. His 21-ball knock included four boundaries and three sixes.

For the Super Kings, only Mitchell Santner and Mohammad Mohsin could pick up a wicket.

With a dominant victory over the Super Kings, Seattle Orcas maintained their unbeaten run in the MLC and strengthened their hold on the top standing.

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GQEBERHA: Phil Salt made an unbeaten 77 from 47 balls while Wayner Parnell blasted a quick-fire 27 off 9 to aid Pretoria Capitals (PC) beat Sunrisers Eastern Cape (SEC) by 23 runs in a rain-hit match of the SA20, here on Thursday.

Opener Salt led the batting charge to carry the Capitals to a massive total of 193/6 after they elected to bat first. All-rounder Parnell, however, smacked three gigantic sixes and two fours in a late cameo to finish the proceedings in style.

Sunrisers, in return, managed 170/5 despite fighting knocks by JJ Smuts and Tom Abell, but top-order chaos inflicted by the pacers derailed their chase.

Opener Smuts played a defiant knock of 66 from 51 balls, laced with six fours and four sixes, to bring sanity to Sunriser’s batting order amid Capital’s pace-laden assault, led by  Parnell, Anrich Nortje and James Neesham.

SEC went through a dismal start to their chase when Parnell transferred his batting momentum into bowling and earned a breakthrough on his very first bowl, dismissing Sarel Erwee cheaply on one.

Nortje and Neesham then forced the ousters of Jordan Cox (5 from 11) and skipper Aiden Markram (5 off 8) to reduce the Sunrisers to 34/3 in the 8th over.

A short breathing space in the middle was offered by Tristan Snubbs who made 23 from 11 while gathering 34 runs for the fourth wicket with Smuts but Nortje’s 151 kph-yorker went past Snubb’s bat and shattered the stumps in the 11th over.

Abell and Smuts then crafted a fightback and moved the scoreboard to 133/4 in 16.2 overs before Rashid took his lone yet priceless wicket, dismissing Smuts.

Abell went on to make an unbeaten 40 from 24 balls while James Fuller contributed 12-ball 27 with Sunrisers left well behind the finishing line.

Earlier Capitals also underwent a woeful start when England’s Will Jacks (6 from 4) was removed by Marco Jansen in the very first over of the match. Rilee Rossouw (4 off 3) followed shortly and fell prey to Sisanda Magala in the next overs.

Number four-batter Theunis de Bruyn’s stay also proved short-lived as Ottniel Baartman knocked him down on 19 off 12 as Capital slid to 45/3 after the first 28 balls.

Salt, however, kept playing his strokes despite multiple breaks due to bad weather and reached his fifty from 30 balls.

After two back-to-back jolts by Markram in the 10 over, dismissing Senuran Muthusamy and Shane Dadswell, the batting side was reduced to 80/5 before Neesham stitched an astounding partnership of 77 runs with Salt while scoring 28-ball 37.

The Kiwi all-rounder was caught out at long-on off Baartman’s bowling in the 18th over before Parnell came to sizzle the Capital’s innings.

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