Watch: ‘Eventful bye’ – Babar Azam offers Australia free run in Perth Take a look at | Cricket Information

NEW DELHI: Babar Azam is enduring a tricky time as a fielder on the continuing Australian tour as the previous Pakistan captain gifted the house staff a free run on Day 1 of the opening Take a look at in Perth on Thursday.
The incident came about on the primary supply of the sixty fourth over when Pakistan spinner Salman Agha bowled from across the wicket. David Warner used his ft in an tried down the bottom shot however he was overwhelmed by spin and failed to attach the ball.
Subsequently, Pakistan wicketkeeper Sarfaraz Ahmed additionally failed to gather the ball and it deflected off his gloves into Babar’s arms at slip. He realised that Warner was out of his crease and tried a run out on the striker’s finish. Nonetheless, the ball went into the outfield, permitting Warner to safe an additional run by means of a bye.

Earlier, Babar dedicated a identical mistake through the warm-up match towards Prime Minister’s XI to facilitate Matt Renshaw mentioning his half-century with a ‘seven’.
Renshaw, who was on 47, hit off-spinner Abrar Ahmed throughout the covers because the ball went previous Mir Hamza.
However he got here up with a superb piece of fielding, making a full stretch dive to save lots of a single run. He threw the ball on the non-striker’s finish the place Babar Azam collected it.
Babar then threw the ball pondering he had an opportunity to impact a run out on the striker’s finish. However the ball went by means of between captain Shan Masood and wicketkeeper Sarfaraz Ahmed earlier than reaching the boundary ropes.