County Cricket: Zaheer takes 9 out of 9

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Bhagaban SahuJun 16 2006

Discarded international pacer Zaheer Khan completely wrecked Essex batting line with a nine-wicket haul in the first innings of the County Championship Division Two match in Chelmsford. He is playing for Worcestershire.

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The left-hand pacer claimed all the nine wickets of Essex on day two. It is the career best figures for Khan with 65/9 in 21.3 overs. Zaheer just need one more wicket to achieve a distinction of taking all the wickets of a team.

Essex was struggling at 186 for nine in reply to Worcestershire's mammoth 650/7 in the first innings of four-day match. Varun Chopra is the only batsman who controlled Zaheer to some extent scoring 53.

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