Narine claims magical 500th wicket in Surrey win

West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine etched his name in history when he became only the third bowler to take 500 wickets in Twenty20s..

The 35-year-old claimed a single wicket for Surrey at Sophie Gardens to reach the magical mark as the visitors beat Glamorgan by 65 runs in the T20 Blast recently.

Narine’s moment transpired at the beginning of his second over — the ninth of the innings, when South African left-hander Colin Ingram holed out to Sam Currant deep mid-wicket, leaving the hosts on 75 for three in pursuit of 237 for victory.

The right-hander eventually finished with one for 34 from four overs as Glamorgan finished on 171 for eight from their 20 allocated overs.

Narine has taken 11 wickets in seven matches for Surrey so far this season however, he struggled in the Indian Premier League last month, finishing with only 11 wickets from 14 appearances.

Surrey lies second in the South Group with 10 points, 2 points behind leaders Somerset.

Narine’s fellow Trinidadian and former West Indies teammate, Dwayne Bravo, became the first bowler to reach 500 wickets in the shortest format and currently has 615. While Afghan leg-spinner Rashid Khan has taken an amazing 555 to lie in second place on the all-time list.

Overall, Narine has played 460 T20s but has not featured for West Indies in four years and his international career now appears all but over.