In Pakistan Vs Australia Test series, Abdullah Shafique has dropped three catches so far. While drop of catches are part and parcel of the sport, the recurring drops are reflection of poor standards of Pakistan fielding.
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‘Shaheen Afridi Will Become A Medium Pacer…’, Waqar Younis Tears Into PAK Fast Bowler For Lack Of Pace | cricket news
Pakistan pacer Shaheen Afridi is struggling for wickets on the ongoing tour of Australia. In the first Test, he bowled 45.2 overs and picked just two wickets. He didn’t look like the Shaheen of the past. In fact, since coming back from injury earlier this year, Shaheen has lookedfar from his best.
Known all over the world for being a serious pace attack, Pakistan fast bowlers have suddenly come down to 130-140 kph range in the international matches. Apart from Shaheen and Hasan Ali, there is no other experienced pacer too in the lineup.
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Pakistan bowling great Waqar Younis tore into Shaheen and the management for the lack of pace of their premier fast bowler. Waqar said that at this point of time Shaheen looks like a medium pacer and not a genuine pacer for which he was known for. “I am not really sure what is wrong with him. If he is not fit, if he has got some issues, I think he needs to go away from the game and fix that. Because if you are going to carry on like that, you are going to become a medium pacer,” Waqar told ESPNcricinfo.
The Pakistan legend also pointed out that Shaheen used to touch 150 kph mark in the past but today, he has brought his pace down to 130 kph. “He (Shaheen) used to bowl at 145 to 150 kph speeds on odd days. And used to swing that ball. What I am seeing currently that he has some swing but his pace is way down. He is bowling around 130 to 132 kph If he is not going to take wickets here (in Australia), you are not getting it anywhere,” added Waqar.
Pakistan begin their quest to win a Test in Australia on December 26 at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). If the poor form of their cricketers was not enough, the team has been hit by injuries to some key players. After mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed was ruled out due to an injury, another spinner in the form of Noman Ali has fallen prey to an ailment. He got ruled out after scans showed acute appendicitis. “Noman Ali complained of sudden and severe abdominal pain yesterday, leading to examinations and scans in emergency that confirmed a diagnosis of acute appendicitis,” a PCB release issued on Saturday (December 23) stated. “On Surgeon advice; he underwent Laparoscopic Appendectomy today in the morning. Post surgery he is stable and doing fine.”
This injury has further dented their hopes of winning the 2nd Test. Pakistan have Sajid Khan as the lone spinner in the squad and they may or may not opt to go with him in the Boxing Day Test.
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AUS vs PAK Photos: Australia defeated Pakistan, David Warner scored 163 runs and Zampa took 4 wickets.
Australia Vs Pakistan Australia defeated Pakistan in the ICC ODI World Cup match on Friday due to century innings by openers David Warner (163) and Mitchell Marsh (121) and a strong performance by the bowlers after a partnership of 259 runs in 203 balls for the first wicket. Has been defeated by 62 runs.
Australia Vs Pakistan Man of the Match Warner scored his fourth consecutive century and 21st century in ODIs against Pakistan by hitting 14 fours and nine sixes in his 124-ball innings. Marsh hit 10 fours and nine sixes during his second century innings. After scoring 367 runs for nine wickets, Australia bowled out Pakistan for 305 runs in 45.3 overs with the help of Adam Zampa (four wickets for 53 runs) and Marcus Stoinis (two wickets for 40 runs).
Australia Vs Pakistan This is Australia’s second win in four matches while this is Pakistan’s second defeat. For Pakistan, openers Imam ul Haq (70) and Abdullah Shafiq (64) played half-centuries and both added 134 runs for the first wicket. Under the pressure of a big target, Mohammad Rizwan (46) and Saud Shakeel (30) could not convert the good start into a big innings.
Australia Vs Pakistan Chasing the target, Shafiq and Imam gave a solid start to Pakistan. Both of them batted cautiously in the first 10 overs and then hit some powerful blows. Meanwhile, in the 12th over, substitute player Sean Abbott dropped the catch of Shafiq on the ball of Pat Cummins (two wickets for 62 runs) and the ball went for six runs.
Australia Vs Pakistan Imam hit a four against Zampa on the last ball of the 17th over, completing Pakistan’s century of runs. In the next over, Shafiq scored one run and Imam completed his half-century with a four against Maxwell. In search of the wicket, captain Cummins handed the ball to Stoinis and this bowler dismissed Shafiq on the very first ball.
Australia Vs Pakistan In the very next over, Stoinis showed Imam the way to the pavilion. Imam hit 10 fours in 71 balls. Although captain Babar Azam (18) showed aggressive behavior with two fours against Stoinis as soon as he came to the crease, he played Zampa’s ball into the hands of Cummins.
Australia Vs Pakistan Pakistan completed 200 runs in the 30th over with Shakeel’s four. Rizwan hit two fours against Glenn Maxwell and Shakeel did not allow the required run rate to increase much by hitting Mitchell Starc (one wicket for 65 runs). Cummins ended Shakeel’s innings in the 35th over and also broke his 57-run partnership with Rizwan for the fourth wicket in 48 balls.
Australia Vs Pakistan Iftikhar Ahmed (26), who came to the crease, increased the worries of the Australian camp by hitting two sixes in the over of Cummins and one six against Stoinis, but Zampa trapped him and Rizwan in his spin and LBW and the match went out of Pakistan’s hands. .
Australia Vs Pakistan Earlier, this was only the fourth time in World Cup history when both the opening batsmen scored centuries in the same match. At one time the Australian team was moving towards the score of 400 but due to the excellent performance of the bowlers in the last 10 overs under the leadership of Shaheen Shah Afridi (five wickets for 54 runs in 10 overs), Australia was restricted to within 370 runs.
Australia Vs Pakistan During this, Warner made his second highest score of the World Cup by taking advantage of the two lives he got on 10 and 105 runs, while Marsh also played big shots easily, taking advantage of the flat pitch and short boundary of M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Pakistan’s bowlers also bowled poorly in the initial overs, on which Warner and Marsh had no problem in scoring runs.
Australia Vs Pakistan If Usman Mir had caught Warner on Shaheen’s ball at the beginning of the innings, Pakistan would not have had to face so much trouble. At this time Warner was on 10 runs while Australia’s score was 22 runs. After this Warner batted fearlessly.
Australia Vs Pakistan Pakistan captain Babar Azam, in search of a wicket, gave the ball to Haris Rauf (three wickets for 83 runs) in the ninth over, but Warner and Marsh scored 24 runs from this over. Hasan Ali’s balls were getting swing in the initial overs but later Warner scored runs easily against him. During this, one of his six fell on the roof of the stadium.