Australian opener David Warner has had an excellent begin within the three-match Take a look at collection towards Pakistan on Thursday. The southpaw hushed all doubters about his kind in Take a look at cricket on the opening day of xxthe first Take a look at towards Pakistan, slamming a sometimes explosive 164 off 211 balls in a spectacular begin to his farewell collection. Throughout his knock, Warner additionally obtained concerned in a verbal trade with Pakistan pacer Shaheen Afridi and he later gave a element of what really occurred.
“It has been a protracted few months for Shaheen [Afridi] as properly, he is bowled lots within the World Cup. You have to attempt to apply strain to their senior bowler within the first Take a look at match. The chit chat is simply regular stuff – there’s nothing. He is not making an attempt to get underneath my pores and skin or something, it is simply regular banter,” stated Warner.
Speaking concerning the sport, Australian spin king Nathan Lyon moved to inside three wickets of becoming a member of the elite 500 membership Friday as Pakistan dug deep to remain in contact on day two of the opening Take a look at in Perth.
The guests have been 132-2 at stumps, trailing by 355, with a dogged Imam-ul-Haq not out 38 and nightwatchman Khurram Shahzad on seven after they misplaced skipper Shan Masood late within the day.
But it surely was a gradual grind after Aamer Jamal took 6-111 on debut to assist dismiss the hosts for 487 of their first innings.
Mitchell Marsh starred with 90 after David Warner’s defiant 164 on day one.
Abdullah Shafique was the primary to fall in reply, getting an enormous inside edge from Lyon to Warner at leg slip after battling to 42.
It was the veteran Lyon’s 497th Take a look at wicket as he closes in on 500 to affix a gaggle of simply seven different gamers.
Haq was stoic on the different finish, weathering a fiery bowling blitz from Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins on a pitch that also had some zip.
It took him 85 deliveries earlier than his first boundary, guiding one wonderful off his hip.
An aggressive Masood made 30 earlier than his keep ended 10 minutes earlier than shut, caught behind by Carey off Starc on evaluation.
Masood had earlier taken a nasty blow to the again when he turned to keep away from a Haq drive however was in a position to proceed after therapy.
(With AFP Inputs)
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