New Hampshire recruit Shan Masood praised the “crew effort” of his aspect after they gained an exhilarating opening International Tremendous League sport in Guyana.
The Hawks beat Bangladesh membership Rangpur Riders in an excellent over on the Windfall Stadium on Wednesday night time.
Masood scored 56 off 41 balls on his debut as Hampshire ended their T20 innings on 132, a complete the Riders managed to tie.
After Riders scored 12-1 from their further six deliveries, Hampshire’s Liam Dawson smashed the penultimate ball of his aspect’s tremendous over into the stands for a six to make sure victory.
“What a sport it was, an excellent debut,” Masood told BBC Radio Solent., external
“There have been some nice phrases spoken by the captain Chris Wooden, who stated we needed to battle for each run as a result of on this competitors run fee can come into play.
“James Fuller was additionally good and it was an excellent crew effort – we had a number of slips in every division however I feel everybody made up for it in a method for the opposite.”
Hampshire introduced simply days earlier than the beginning of the event that Masood would play for them within the inaugural GSL on a short-term deal.
Masood is Pakistan males’s Check captain and led them to a 2-1 sequence victory in opposition to England in October, scoring a century within the first match.
Hawks’ typical captain James Vince is lacking the event as he’s contracted to play for Delhi Bulls within the Abu Dhabi T10 competitors.
“I had no thought how this [deal] took place,” Masood added.
“I used to be enjoying first-class cricket in Pakistan, we have been nearly finished with our season and my agent stated that [Hants director of cricket] Giles White had referred to as and wished me to play for Hampshire.
“I believed it was an excellent alternative – certainly one of my actually shut pals, Mo Abbas, is a hero at Hampshire so he messaged me and stated the lads can be actually good with me and it was an excellent proposition.
“It’s an excellent membership and I’m actually glad that it labored out.”
Hampshire subsequent tackle the Lahore Qalandars within the GSL on Saturday, 30 November.