Pakistan cricket Group director Mohammad Hafeez missed his flight to Sydney for Pakistan’s closing Check collection conflict towards Australia, based on Geo Information. Australia gained an unassailable lead of 2-0 following their second consecutive triumph within the three-match collection towards the Asian Giants. In keeping with Geo Information sources, Hafeez was travelling along with his spouse and was alleged to journey to Sydney with the Pakistan workforce however he missed the flight on the airport.
The previous Pakistan participant arrived late on the airport after which the employees didn’t enable him and his spouse to board the aircraft. Hafeez and his spouse took one other flight to Sydney hours later.
Iceland Cricket, which is thought for its banter on social media platforms, trolled Hafeez on the incident. “All that expertise, and now even the Aussie airways are out to get him!” it wrote.
All that expertise, and now even the Aussie airways are out to get him! https://t.co/gtF1rXqOit
— Iceland Cricket (@icelandcricket) January 1, 2024
Pakistan is prone to hand Saim Ayub his debut cap and he might make his place within the workforce rather than Imam-ul-Haq.
The Geo Information supply additionally revealed that the workload of vice-captain Shaheen Shah Afridi could possibly be diminished and he’s prone to bowl much less overs within the closing Check of the collection.
The left-arm pacer has bowled 99.2 overs within the collection which is greater than any participant in each groups.
The destiny of the collection might have been left hanging as Pakistan got here near profitable the second Check however ended up falling quick on the finish.
Pakistan stood in pole place to emerge triumphant after they had been 219 for five and wanted 98 runs for a series-levelling victory because the match appeared poised to be a cliffhanger.
However Australia skipper Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc bowled a outstanding quick bowling spell as they took the host to a second consecutive triumph with a 79-run victory.
After the sport, Hafeez who was emotionally charged declared that Pakistan had been higher and mentioned as quoted from ESPNcricinfo, “We performed higher cricket as a workforce. I am pleased with that. The way in which the workforce had the braveness to assault this recreation in the very best method. If I sum up the sport, the Pakistan workforce performed higher than the opposite workforce basically. Our batting intent was higher, and whereas bowling, we had been hitting the suitable areas. Sure, we made some errors that price us the sport however as a workforce, I imagine that there have been numerous positives, sufficient to win the sport however sadly, on the finish, we did not win the sport.”
That remark was trolled by Iceland Cricket too.
It is wonderful. How can the extra gifted and superior workforce have misplaced 16 matches in a row in Australia? Certainly these fortunate Aussies will cease being fortunate quickly. https://t.co/118gmMCe2K
— Iceland Cricket (@icelandcricket) December 29, 2023
Pakistan will now look to win their first Check recreation on Australian soil since 1995 on the Sydney Cricket Floor (SCG) on January 3.
With ANI inputs
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