Making his debut for the county side, Umesh bounced back from a duck in Middlesex’s first innings to contribute a hard-hitting cameo in his next go with the bat.

His stay included five fours and two sixes, with his first maximum a smash over the long-off boundary off the bowling of Pennington. Left-arm spinner Josh Baker also came in for a hefty blow as Umesh took Middlesex to a third-innings total of 240, setting Worcestershire a target of 238.

Middlesex announced the India paceman’s signing on Monday, with Umesh to spend the rest of the summer at the county playing red-ball and 50-over cricket. Umesh took two a single wicket in each innings, including that of Worcestershire’s second innings centurion Ed Pollock, who was caught on the boundary by Max Holden after attempting a pull shot. Middlesex eventually lost the game by seven wickets.

His last Test appearance came this January against South Africa at Cape Town, where he took two wickets in a seven-wicket defeat for India.

You can watch Umesh’s straight six off Pennington below:

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