After Pakistan's woeful fielding in the fourth ODII in Sydney, they wanted to start well in Adelaide. Alas, the first ball of the match,
David Warnerr edged an out swinger from Mohammad Amir and at second slip, Azhar Ali hurled out his left hand but couldn't make the ball stick. It was a tough chance, but a costly one. Warner went on to make 179, his career-best knock in ODIs.
David Warnerr edged an out swinger from Mohammad Amir and at second slip, Azhar Ali hurled out his left hand but couldn't make the ball stick. It was a tough chance, but a costly one. Warner went on to make 179, his career-best knock in ODIs.
Warner was dropped again, though by this time he already had 130. And this time it was a sitter. Warner skied the ball off Hasan Ali and Amir, running in from long-on, positioned himself perfectly under the ball, only to have it spill straight through his fingers. It was less costly than Azhar's miss, although Warner still added almost 50 more runs from that point. Straight after Amir's blunder, the TV cameras cut to Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur and fielding mentor Steve Rixon. Heads were in hands, faces were long, and no words were being spoken.
The fifth and final ODI of the series between Pakistan and Australia in under the way and at the moment it is Australia dominating the game play. Pakistan is lacking behind Australia in all three departments of the game.
Pakistan bowling has been poor in Australia and as a result they have lost almost all the games except of one ODI game. Today they again dropped catches which should have not happened. Pakistan did take catches today but the drops were really costly.
Wahab Riaz took a sensational catch to dismiss Smith. This was one of the best catches taken by Pakistani team on this tour. The ball was traveling over his head and Wahab had to cover a lot of distance and then grab this one at a difficult angle.The catch was completed and Wahab was down after taking this one. He looked injured but soon he was up and that must have given his side a sigh of relief. He was the only bowler today who looked comfortable with the ball.
Rest of the bowling clan including the mega star who in fact now is just an average bowler Mohammad Amir was taken for plenty of runs. The Australian batters have enjoyed their batting against the Pakistan bowling. This is not a good sign for Pakistan. They should have played better than what they have so far in the series.
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