Speaking on the latest edition of Two Hacks, One Pro podcast, Northeast recalled the instance from Kent’s game against Worcestershire, one of three games Yasir – then the top-ranked Test spinner in the world – played in the Championship.

“We had Wayne Parnell for the start of the season and then he went, and then we were having Adam Milne come a bit later,” Northeast said. “We had that gap and Yasir Shah was the only player available at that time, and when you’ve got the No.1 ranked spinner in the world it’s quite hard to turn down.

A 175-run stand between Daryl Mitchell (142) and Joe Clarke (110*) eventually steered Worcestershire home, but not before Yasir weaved his magic and nearly turned the game around.

“He started bowling slower after tea, he hadn’t had a wicket before that. Clarke and Mitchell batted unbelievably well so the game was pretty much done,” Northeast said. “He started bowling slow and it was ragging – he got six-for [five wickets] in about 20 mins and we nearly crawled back into the game, but still lost it. My captaincy wasn’t brilliant that day. So, It doesn’t always work when you have the best spinner in the world!”

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