(Reuters) – England’s Saqib Mahmood has taken two wickets in his test debut in opposition to West Indies, but it surely was the one that obtained away that he remembered most vividly.
Mahmood thought he had snared his first test scalp with an excellent yorker which bowled Jermaine Blackwood on Friday, however the 25-year-old’s celebration was lower quick when the umpire referred to as a no-ball at Kensington Oval in Barbados.
The swing bowler stated the additional effort he had put into the supply had brought on him to overstep the crease.
“I used to be advantageous the entire time on the entrance line after which only a little bit of an effort ball attempting to get that yorker in,” he stated on Saturday.
“I used to be fairly gutted on the time. Thought I’d let myself down, let the boys down, however I attempted to get it out of my head, which was fairly powerful, tried to crack on.”
It took the very best a part of 24 hours for Mahmood to lastly break his duck when he had Jason Holder caught on Saturday when the all-rounder miscued an tried hook.
This time Mahmood was extra subdued in mild of his earlier expertise.
“There wasn’t a large celebration from me. I used to be trying on the wicket to see the place my foot landed and whether or not the umpire would say something,” he stated.
“I assume it was only a feeling of reduction greater than something after what occurred final evening.”
Mahmood later dismissed tailender Veerasammy Permaul lbw and completed with 2-58 off 27 tidy overs.
Like his fellow bowlers, Mahmood was pissed off by West Indies captain and opener Kraigg Brathwaite, who was immovable till he lastly made a mistake on the 489th ball he confronted and was bowled by Jack Leach.
West Indies had been bowled out for 411, whereas England had been 40 with out loss of their second innings at stumps, an general lead of 136 runs with in the future left.
“He performed exceptionally properly on that wicket,” Mahmood stated of Brathwaite.
“I simply tried to remain disciplined all through. If I wasn’t taking wickets, I attempted to not go for runs.
“Long couple of days within the grime, my first crimson ball recreation since December. Glad to get off the sphere in the present day.”
(Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; Editing by Ken Ferris)
