In the Sun they may even say Wicketory!England one-day captain, one day player, Paul Collingwood had an Owais up his sleeve – an Owais Shah. The game started off as a one-dayer, but to make it competitive there was rain, and Ireland chased a gettable 116 in 20.Ireland had the game, but then the game had them. That’s when Owais Shah came on to bowl, and boy did he bowl – 2 overs, 2 runs, 2 wickets. If he could, he would have bowled 2 maidens.Shah’s last over went for 14, but the Irish needed 2 more for a tie. Think they also needed some whiskey.I did tweet the following as encouragement but lone ranger Trent Johnston wasn’t carr... See the complete post here
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