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Was yesterday the first time that Mohammad Sami has delivered in the last over?

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... or in a crunch, pressure situation at least (because a game going down to the last over with a particular bowler being entrusted to do the job every time doesn´t happen everyday)?

I´ve been cricket since decades now and following Sami´s career closely, at least I can´t recall anything such. All that I recall is him conceding some 15 runs against Mathews once, once bowling an almighty over to Mahmudullah thanks to big no-balls in a crunch situation, then that six by Elliot recently when nine wickets were down.

Anyway, credit to him for pulling off on his birthday the unlikeliest win. Surely, not too many have defended five off the last over. I can´t remember Quetta ever losing a close game, so to choke them who choke others deserves credit.

I´m curious, why did Sarfraz call for Anwar Ali to be sent ahead of Perera? I know the latter is no world-beater but he´s always the guy to pull off a blow, and is an international with a lot more experience under his belt. Really strange. Anwar´s 2 off 5 did the trick.
 
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Not just Perera, but Nawaz, Mahmudullah and even Hasan Khan are all much better batsmen than Anwar. Really strange move by Sarfraz, I hope he learns from these mistakes.
 
Anwar was sent in because he struck some nice blows against LQ the other day.

He played like a novice yesterday, but understandable why Sarfraz promoted him.
 
well with that fumble he did his usual to mess it up
 
Not just Perera, but Nawaz, Mahmudullah and even Hasan Khan are all much better batsmen than Anwar. Really strange move by Sarfraz, I hope he learns from these mistakes.

O´ yes, totally forgot about Mahmadullah!

Anwar was sent in because he struck some nice blows against LQ the other day.

He played like a novice yesterday, but understandable why Sarfraz promoted him.

Sarfraz did it with Anwar the last PSL too in a very nail-biting game, and even then everyone found it a bit hard to comprehend....

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/959209.html
 
A more accurate question would be - Was yesterday the first time that Mohammad Sami has delivered?
 
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