Tristan Stubbs showcased his powerhitting game in The Hundred against South Africa's leading white-ball bowler.
South Africa’s rising young batting talent Tristan Stubbs continues to grow from strength to strength. After finding favour from five-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI) in the IPL, Stubbs is in England, plying his trade for Manchester Originals in The Hundred.
Stubbs produced an eye-catching cameo for the Originals in their Saturday (August 13) afternoon game against the Trent Rockets at Old Trafford. The young right-hand batter smashed his way to a 10-ball 27, with the highlights being his four consecutive sixes.
The youngster took a great liking to South Africa’s leading white-ball spinner Tabraiz Shamsi, who was turning out for the Rockets, and dispatched him for a set of maximums that entertained the pack house present for the game in Manchester.
Facing Shamsi not being the easiest of prospects, Tristan Stubbs, however, seemed to have a real hang of the left-arm wristspinner and hammered him for sixes.
The set of maximums was seen at the beginning of an action-packed fifth over in the Manchester Originals run-chase.
Coming in from the over-the-wicket angle for the left-armer, Shamsi tried to hide the ball outside off against Tristan Stubbs. But the young gun was smart enough to shuffle across and aim for the area between deep mid-wicket to long-on for his initial sixes.
For the first one, Stubbs got one right in his arc and duly smashed it towards the mid-wicket region. He then got a thick slice off the lower part of his willow to the long-on area, where even the tall-statured Alex Hales and his dive couldn’t stop the ball from sailing over the boundary.
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That shot may have been slightly fortunate, but the next one was hit off the middle of the bat and rocketed back to the long-on region. This time, well over the head of the fielder into the crowd.
The fourth six of the over had possibly even better connection from the willow as Stubbs went gun-barrel straight over the head of the umpire for a giant maximum.
6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣ and every six outdid the last! Fantastic hitting from #TristanStubbs.
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Immediately after the fourth six, Shamsi got his man. But by then, he had already made his presence felt and taken the Originals to a huge score of 189/3 – which, however, they failed to defend later in the day.
