Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan was left pissed off as he was adjudged out in a relatively controversial trend throughout Day of the second Take a look at in opposition to Australia in Melbourne. The incident occurred within the 61st over of Pakistan’s 317-run chase on the Melbourne Cricket Stadium on Friday. With Pakistan cruising at 219/5 and solely 98 runs wanted to degree the collection, Australia captain Pat Cummins bowled a short-pitched supply which eluded Rizwan’s bat. Whereas the on-field umpire dismissed Australia’s attraction for a doable caught behind, Cummins determined to take the third umpire’s assist.
The third umpire, Richard Illingworth, took his time and watched the incident a number of instances throught totally different digicam angles.
Whereas the hotspot expertise wasn’t capable of verify the presence of an edge, Illingworth turned to the Snickometer, which confirmed that the ball had brushed Rizwan’s wristband.
Because the on-field umpire’s resolution was overturned, Rizwan determined to confront the umpire and vented his frustration over the dramatic flip of occasions.
Watch the incident right here:
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Coming again to the match, Cummins bagged 5 wickets and 10 within the match to earn Australia a nail-biting 79-run win within the second Take a look at and clinch the collection.
Set 317 for victory, the guests put up a stellar battle as they chased their first Take a look at triumph in Australia since 1995.
However they had been dismissed for 237, with the final 5 wickets falling for 18 runs.
Australian skipper Cummins was the chief destroyer, taking 5-49 to go along with his first innings 5-48 — solely the second 10-wicket haul of his Take a look at profession.
Mitchell Starc chipped in with 4-55 because the tail collapsed after Shan Masood (60), Agha Salman (50) and Babar Azam (41) gave them a preventing probability.
It was all the time going to be a troublesome activity, with the highest-ever profitable fourth innings run chase on the Melbourne Cricket Floor the 332-7 England managed in 1928, with no different workforce getting previous 300.
(With AFP Inputs)
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