Pakistan’s left-arm spinner, Zafar Gohar, picked up six wickets in the second innings as Gloucestershire defeated Glamorgan by ten wickets in the second division of the County Championship.
Gohar went wicketless in the first innings as Glamorgan managed to score 309. Gloucestershire’s batting line-up responded with a splendid display as they posted over 400 runs for the first time in the current season.
With a lead of 115 in the first innings, Gloucestershire dismantled Glamorgan’s batting unit in the second innings and bowled them out for 124. Gohar was the star of the show as he ripped through their batting line-up, picking up the wickets of their top-order batsmen, Hamish Rutherford, Nick Selman, and Kiran Carlson, in quick succession.
ZAFAR IS ON FIRE 🔥🔥
Gohar takes another wicket, this time Carlson caught by Ollie Price at slip for no score 💪
Cooke is the next man in for Glamorgan on 46/4 🏏
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— Gloucestershire Cricket (@Gloscricket) September 14, 2021
Gohar then wrapped up lower-order batsmen as he finished with figures of 43/6 in 18 overs in the second innings. Gloucestershire chased down the target of 15 runs with ease.
WICKET!
Zafar Gohar picks up where he left off last night, taking the wicket of Salter lbw for 19 runs 💪
Smith joins Douthwaite in the middle for the hosts on 84/7 🏏
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— Gloucestershire Cricket (@Gloscricket) September 15, 2021
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It's a five-fer for @iamzafargohar as he bowls Smith round his legs for 4 💪
Glamorgan are now 94/8, trailing Glos by 16 runs 🏏#GoGlos 💛🖤 pic.twitter.com/p9WD2Jr0zD
— Gloucestershire Cricket (@Gloscricket) September 15, 2021
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The left-arm spinner has been impressive in his short stint in the County Championship. He has picked up 9 wickets at an average of 20.66 in the three matches he has played so far in the campaign.
Gohar will be seen in action in Gloucestershire’s final encounter of the campaign against Durham on 21 September. Gloucestershire currently sits at the second spot in the County Championship Division 2 and will be looking to overtake the leaders, Essex, in the final match of the campaign.