Watch: At the Boxing Day Test match in Melbourne, Abdullah Shafique dropped a sitter at slip with Mitchell Marsh on 20.
Pakistan won 194-6 on the third day of the second Test match of the Benaud Qadir Trophy at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Aamer Jamal (33 games missed) and Shaheen Shah Afridi (21 games) contributed to his 264 points, Pat Cummins with his 5-48 and Nathan Lyon with his 4-73. Did.
Australia started with a 54-point lead, but thanks to performances from Shaheen (3-58) and Mir Hamza (3-27), Mitchell Marsh quickly switched to Steve Smith, making it 16-4. We lost. The pair consolidated the innings somewhat and guided Australia to his 46 for 4.
At this point Jamal bowled a good length outside the off-stump. Mitchell Marsh attempted an extended cover attack, but the ball edged narrowly wide and went past Abdullah Shafiq on the right at first slip.
While Shafiq appeared to catch the ball with both hands, it was an easy catch and he probably held the ball for just a second before it flew out, but Jamal and his teammates Very disappointed.
Shafiq also dropped a similarly difficult catch from Shaheen in the first innings. Warner, who was two years old at the time, scored 38 runs, but losing in the second innings hurt Pakistan further.
Mark Waugh joked on the show, “It’s like a crocodile’s jaws trying to catch a ball.”
Marsh hit 96 in a five-wicket stand of 153 alongside Smith (50). At the third day stumps, Australia had a lead of 187-6 over Alex Carey (16 wins). They lead by his 241 points.
Watch Abdullah Shafique drop Mitchell Marsh during the Boxing Day Test match:
“It’s like a crocodile jaw trying to catch a ball.”
Abdullah Shafik gives Mitch Marsh 20 years of life #AUSvPAK < a href="https://t.co/NMlTKHn3t5"> pic.twitter.com/NMlTKHn3t5
– cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) 28. 2023 年 12 月
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