Michael Vaughan: “Shaheen Afridi will play in many more semi-finals. Shame he isn’t playing in this year’s [semi-finals at the] World Cup”

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Former England captain Michael Vaughan believes that Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi will “play in many more semi-finals” in his career.

Vaughan’s comments come after Afridi finished with figures of 6-35 off 9.1 overs in Pakistan’s 94-run win over Bangladesh in their World Cup clash at Lord’s on Friday.

The 19-year-old not only became the youngest bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a World Cup match, but he also registered the best figures by a Pakistan player in a World Cup game.

Afridi only featured in five matches for Pakistan in this World Cup, but he caught fire after a slow start and ended up taking 16 wickets at a superb average of 14.62.

Despite Afridi’s efforts with the ball, Pakistan could not qualify for the semi-finals as they had to beat Bangladesh by over 300 runs.

Shaheed Afridi will play in many more Semi finals .. Shame he isn’t playing in this years WC .. #CWC19 ..

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) July 5, 2019

“Shaheen Afridi will play in many more semi-finals. Shame he isn’t playing in this year’s [semi-finals at the] World Cup,” Vaughan said on Twitter.