Bangladesh-born Arafat rattles England's Test stars on first-class debut
Three of his four victims - Ollie Pope, Will Jacks and Ben Foakes - are England Test players. Arafat finished with figures of four for 65 off 20 overs as Surrey were all-out for 362.
British-Bangladeshi fast bowler Arafat Bhuiyan has been impressive on his first-class debut for Kent in the ongoing County Championship Division One. The 26-year-old, introduced as the first-change bowler against Surrey, was the best bowler with a four-wicket haul.
Three of his four victims - Ollie Pope, Will Jacks and Ben Foakes - are England Test players. Arafat finished with figures of four for 65 off 20 overs as Surrey were all-out for 362.
Arafat is the first British-Bangladeshi to play for Kent and the third overall after Jahid Ahmed and Robin Das to play County cricket. Both Jahid and Robin appeared for Essex.
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"To get Ollie Pope as my first wicket was obviously very nice and I am very pleased to finish with four. You always have to believe you are good enough to do well and that you are picked at this level for a reason," Arafat said.
"Surrey are a very strong team and we worked very hard as a bowling unit to bowl them out. We have to come back hard tomorrow morning with the bat and try to get as big a lead as possible."
