Nepal WK Aasif Sheikh named ICC Spirit of Cricket Award 2022 recipient for not working out Andy McBrine

The International Cricket Council (ICC) named Nepal males’s nationwide staff wicketkeeper Aasif Sheikh was named because the 2022 Spirit of Cricket Award award recipient for his alternative of not working out Andy McBrine after the latter tripped whereas trying a run.

It occurred through the Nepal-Ireland match within the Quadrangular collection in Oman on 14 February 2022. Having been put in to bat first, Ireland have been 113/8 on the finish of the 18 over mark and wanted late boundaries to put up a par complete.

Off the third ball of Kamal Singh Airee’s nineteenth over, Mark Adair tried to steal a leg bye however within the course of non striker, McBrine collided with the bowler and fell down midway up the pitch.

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Airee shortly threw the ball to keeper Aasif Sheikh, who then determined to not dislodge the bails and let McBrine get again within the crease.

Ireland ended up posting 127 and Nepal fell 17 runs brief as they have been bowled out for 111.

In the preamble to the legal guidelines of cricket, spirit is described as, “Cricket is a game that owes much of its unique appeal to the fact that it should be played not only within its laws but also within the spirit of the game. Any action which is seen to abuse this spirit causes injury to the game itself.”