Australia’s tempo spearhead Mitchell Starc delivered a ripping inswinger to fortress Pakistan opener Abdullah Shafique within the second innings of the continuing New Year’s Test in trademark style on Friday, January 5. Starc has been throughout Shafique within the Sydney Test because the right-handed batter has been seen struggling to place the tall left-arm seamer away.
Batting on a pair, Shafique was very nimble on his ft within the second innings and appeared indecisive when it got here to committing to his entrance foot. The final ball of the primary over of Pakistan’s second innings led to Shafique’s downfall as Starc produced an absolute peach to ship Shafique strolling for a pair.
Pitched on the nice size, marginally outdoors the off-stump channel, Starc’s inswinger jagged again sharply off the floor and cannoned into Shafique’s stumps. The Sialkot-born’s bat got here vast from the primary slip and could not hold the thunderbolt at bay because the ball sneaked in via the vast hole between bat and pad and kissed the highest of the off and center pole.
Watch Mitchell Starc’s thunderbolt to Abdullah Shafique:
Barring a half-century within the Boxing Day Test on the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Shafique’s ongoing tour of Australia has largely yielded poor returns. The 24-year-old has scored 110 runs in three video games at an underwhelming common of 18.33.
While he opened within the first two Tests in Perth and Melbourne alongside Imam-ul-Haq, he was requested to pair up with Saim Ayub within the Sydney Test.
Pakistan’s Playing XI:
Abdullah Shafique, Saim Ayub, Shan Masood (c), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Aamer Jamal, Sajid Khan, Hasan Ali, Mir Hamza
Australia’s Playing XI:
David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood
