Ahead of the second Test match between Australia and Pakistan, gamers took a while to share fun on the event of Christmas. ICC shared photos together with Pat Cummins, Babar Azam, David Warner, and plenty of extra gamers having a enjoyable chat on the day of Christmas.
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Melbourne’s hometown star Scott Boland stays on the sidelines as Australia on Monday named an unchanged enjoying XI for the Boxing Day Test towards Pakistan. Australia, a day earlier than the conflict, confirmed an unchanged Playing XI with skipper Pat Cummins admitting that Boland was unfortunate to overlook out. (AUS vs PAK 2nd Test: Mohammad Rizwan Replaces Sarfaraz Ahmed As Pakistan Announce Squad Of 12; Australia XI Remains Unchanged For MCG Test)
Boland introduced himself to the world when he took 6-7 on his debut within the MCG towards England within the 2021-22 Ashes. But he’ll stay on the sidelines because the pace-tiro of Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood are match to participate within the second Test on Tuesday.
“We’re a huge fan of Scotty, I don’t think that’s a secret. It’s very rare that you’re going to get through seven Test matches with the same (fast) bowling line-up, there’s always niggles or things that pop up,” Cummins stated as quoted from cricket.com.au.
“He’s ready to go if anything happens, so I’m sure he’ll play a part at some point. The message (to Boland) is always ‘we love what you’re bringing, unfortunately, you miss out on this one but don’t change … and stay ready’,” Cummins added.
Pakistan named a 12-player squad for the second Test however held the ultimate mixture near their chest. (‘Merry Christmas’: Ahead Of AUS Vs PAK 2nd Test, Pakistan Players Present X-Mas Gifts To Australian Cricketers And Their Families, Video Wins Internet; Watch)
One of probably the most notable adjustments within the squad is Sarfaraz Ahmed being sidelined from the Test squad after the nightmare he went by way of within the Peth Test. He scored simply 7 runs in each innings with Mitchell Starc inflicting him all kinds of hassle.
Mohammad Rizwan has been added in his place and together with this a couple of different adjustments additionally happened pacer Khurram Shahzad was dominated out of the collection due to an harm, whereas all-rounder Faheem Ashraf may also miss out after the poor check with bat and ball in Perth.
Australia XI: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitch Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood. (With ANI inputs)
